Opinion | Women electors are giving shape to Indian politics
4 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Women electors are giving shape to Indian politics

Live Mint  

Believe it or not, a silent revolution is taking shape in India. Whatever impact Kejriwal’s claims and promises might have had on them, the fact remains that the women and youth of the capital city voted largely in favour of him. Not only this, but also the way a heated debate started on the issue of Shaheen Bagh made women apprehensive that if unrest spreads in Delhi, their families might be affected. The incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar, too, has won the assembly elections for three consecutive terms in the name of a welfare state that is free of fear and insecurity. While AAP remained balanced and positive, the ‘Goli Maro’ statement and Pakistan-related speeches given by BJP leaders did not go down well with the people and they were completely rejected by the women voters of Delhi.

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‘Unprecedented’: Sudden rush to register as Delhi voters after AAP’s cash scheme for women, says EC
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2 days, 2 hours ago

‘Unprecedented’: Sudden rush to register as Delhi voters after AAP’s cash scheme for women, says EC

Live Mint  

Delhi Election 2025: The Election Commission of India has received an ‘unprecedented’ number of applications for new voter registrations in the national capital in the past three weeks. The newly-added women voters have outnumbered men ahead of Delhi Election 2025, the poll panel said. In a statement, the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer said more than 3 lakh new voters have …

Delhi polls: ECI releases final electoral roll, 1,55,24,858 voters in national capital | Check other details
3 days, 6 hours ago

Delhi polls: ECI releases final electoral roll, 1,55,24,858 voters in national capital | Check other details

India TV News  

The Election Commission of India on Monday released the final electoral roll of Delhi which showed that the national capital has a total 1,55,24,858 voters, 83,49,645 male and 71,73,952 female voters, third gender 1,261. A press release issued by the office of the chief electoral officer showed, 1,55,24,858 voters registered in Delhi indicating 1.09% increase over the electors in draft …

Delhi vote base rises by 1.67 lakh: How will it impact the upcoming polls?
3 days, 6 hours ago

Delhi vote base rises by 1.67 lakh: How will it impact the upcoming polls?

India Today  

As Delhi is all for the upcoming Assembly elections -- most likely to take place in February this year -- the newly-revised voter list data reveals a noteworthy increase in the electorate across the capital city. UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION ACROSS SEATS Delhi's voter distribution remains uneven across its Assembly constituencies. The high-profile New Delhi seat, with only 1,09,000 voters, is the …

BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes
3 weeks, 1 day ago

BJP's Winning Formula: Women Voters & Welfare Schemes

The Quint  

This is the second of a two-part reflective analysis drawn from the observations made in the BJP’s performance across recent Assembly elections. India’s electoral history and political landscape is perhaps witnessing a tectonic shift, wheeled under the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and at its heart lies a ‘silent’, quiet, yet powerful revolution. Women voters, often overlooked in most …

40% of Delhi women say they will vote for APP, says Kejriwal, urges the rest to follow suit
3 weeks, 2 days ago

40% of Delhi women say they will vote for APP, says Kejriwal, urges the rest to follow suit

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A supremo Arvind Kejriwal has ramped up his outreach, especially to women, ahead of the February 2025 Assembly elections. 40% of Delhi women say they will vote for APP, says Kejriwal, urges the rest to follow suit During a padayatra in the Badarpur constituency on Monday, Kejriwal cited a survey that he claimed shows 60 per cent of …

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Indian Women Voters Break Free from Gender-Only Politics

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:40 IST - 10 MINS READ After a decades-long silence following the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments in the 1990s, the discussion on women’s political representation and political participation has been revived now. As a result, there was only a slight difference between the Congress and the BJP in terms of women …

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:39 IST - 11 MINS READ After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election in November. Maharashtra has 4.6 crore women voters, of which 2.34 crore were already beneficiaries of the scheme by the time the State went …

How Women Voters Are Changing Indian Elections
4 weeks, 1 day ago

How Women Voters Are Changing Indian Elections

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:26 IST - 11 MINS READ The recent electoral outcomes in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, two very different geographical terrains, reveal three common factors. In the 1957 Lok Sabha election, only 39 per cent of women voted compared with 56 per cent of men. In the 2021 Assembly election, women supported Mamata overwhelmingly; the BJP could …

AAP goes all out to woo women voters as Delhi elections approach
1 month ago

AAP goes all out to woo women voters as Delhi elections approach

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: With the Delhi assembly elections approaching, the Aam Aadmi Party is intensifying its outreach to women voters through a micro-campaign strategy. The party has set up 5,000 eight-member women’s groups, each tasked with organising meetings with small groups of around 10 women in different areas. These groups will highlight AAP’s achievements and encourage women to compare Delhi’s progress …

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme
1 month, 1 week ago

After Jharkhand poll debacle, BJP says women voters were wooed away by cash transfer scheme

The Hindu  

The large turnout of women voters and a State scheme to provide financial aid to women were among the factors that led to the BJP’s resounding defeat in the recent Jharkhand Assembly election, according to an internal review of the party’s poll debacle conducted over the weekend in Ranchi. Cash transfer for women Party sources said that during the meeting, …

Maharashtra Election Results: 21 Women Elected As MLAs In 288-Member Assembly, Only 1 In Oppn
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Election Results: 21 Women Elected As MLAs In 288-Member Assembly, Only 1 In Oppn

ABP News  

Mumbai, Nov 24 As many as 21 women candidates have emerged winner in the elections to the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, with only one of them from the opposition, according to the poll results. The BJP accounted for the highest number of 14 women candidates emerging victorious, including 10 who were re-elected: Shweta Mahale, Meghana Bordikar, Devyani Farande, Seema Hiray, Manda …

21 women among 288 winning candidates in Maharashtra; only 1 from oppn side
1 month, 2 weeks ago

21 women among 288 winning candidates in Maharashtra; only 1 from oppn side

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: As many as 21 women candidates have emerged winner in the elections to the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, with only one of them from the opposition, according to the poll results. The BJP accounted for the highest number of 14 women candidates emerging victorious, including 10 who were re-elected: Shweta Mahale, Meghana Bordikar, Devyani Farande, Seema Hiray, Manda Mhatre, Manisha …

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance scored a landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly election, obliterating the Maha Vikas Aghadi's challenge and handing the Congress its biggest loss in the state. The Congress's vote share was 12.42 per cent, followed by Shiv Sena's 12.38 per cent, NCP's 11.28 per cent and Shiv Sena 's 9.96 per cent. The BJP contested …

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance scored a landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly election, obliterating the Maha Vikas Aghadi's challenge and handing the Congress its biggest loss in the state. The Congress's vote share was 12.42 per cent, followed by Shiv Sena's 12.38 per cent, NCP's 11.28 per cent and Shiv Sena 's 9.96 per cent. The BJP contested …

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Women Voters Script Political Fortunes

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The recent Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand have highlighted the significant impact of women voters on the political fortunes of both the National Democratic Alliance and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. The alliance promised to provide Rs.2,500 per month to women starting December if re-elected, in addition to the existing Rs.1,000 given to poor women aged …

Election Results: 5 reasons behind BJP’s best-ever show in Maharashtra – from ‘ladki bahin’ to ‘ek hai to safe hai’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election Results: 5 reasons behind BJP’s best-ever show in Maharashtra – from ‘ladki bahin’ to ‘ek hai to safe hai’

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has put up a stellar performance in the ruling Mahayuti dispensation's expected victory in Maharashtra. Apart from the BJP, the Mahayuti alliance comprises Ajit Pawar-led NCPand Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Here's a look at 5 reasons for the BJP's best-ever performance in Maharashtra: 1- Ladki Bahin Yojana In the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the …

Women voters to Hindutva plank: Analyst Rajat Sethi's key takeaways from state results
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Women voters to Hindutva plank: Analyst Rajat Sethi's key takeaways from state results

India Today  

Counting of votes began this morning in Maharashtra and Jharkhand in the high-stakes Assembly polls. While the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has taken a massive lead in Maharashtra, the ruling JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand defied exit poll projections and crossed the halfway mark. Hindutva triumphs over caste narratives: In Maharashtra, the BJP's strategy of consolidating the Hindutva vote successfully outmanoeuvred …

Maharashtra polls: What spurred more women turned out to vote this time around?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra polls: What spurred more women turned out to vote this time around?

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: At least one result is already out: More women turned out to vote in this week’s Maharashtra assembly election. Four key districts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region — Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane and Palghar — saw a higher percentage of women voters than male voters too. In fact, the share of women voters, as a percentage of total …

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 16:24 IST - 5 MINS READ Dear readers, If the election din in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is anything to go by, you would think women had suddenly become the secret sauce of Indian politics. Be it the BJP’s “beti, roti, aur maati” campaign and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Maiya Samman Yojana in Jharkhand, or the Eknath …

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand assembly elections 2024: Women outnumber men in voter roll across 68 constituencies, says ECI

India TV News  

Women voters took center stage in the recently concluded Jharkhand Assembly elections, outnumbering men in both phases of polling. K Ravi Kumar, Jharkhand’s Chief Electoral Officer, highlighted the active political engagement of women voters. Interestingly, women voters outnumbered men in 32 constituencies, including those of Chief Minister Hemant Soren and former Chief Minister Champai Soren. Congress leader Rajesh Thakur remarked, …

Delhi Assembly Election: The Shape-Shifting Arvind Kejriwal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Assembly Election: The Shape-Shifting Arvind Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 20, 2024 16:44 IST - 6 MINS READ Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been holding interactive sessions with party workers in the national capital, telling them about some dos and don’ts they have to observe when they reach out to the public ahead of the Assembly election scheduled for …

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Still a man’s world: Haryana political parties shy away from fielding women

Hindustan Times  

Fifty-one women candidates have been fielded by major political parties for the October 5 elections of the 90-member Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the battlefield from where former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had begun her illustrious political journey in 1977. Now, as over 2 crore voters of Haryana are gearing up for the elections of the 15th Vidhan Sabha, ruling BJP’s …

Do women prefer the BJP/NDA over other parties?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Do women prefer the BJP/NDA over other parties?

The Hindu  

The role of women voters in Indian elections has become a matter of discussion and analysis over the past decade. Table 3 shows the share of women voters in States where the BJP/NDA gained support among them in the 2024 general elections. Click to subscribe to our Data newsletter The UPA/INDIA bloc gained support among women voters across many States. …

How a Secret BJP War Room Mobilized Female Voters to Win the Indian Elections
5 months, 1 week ago

How a Secret BJP War Room Mobilized Female Voters to Win the Indian Elections

Wired  

In April, an unassuming old building in New Delhi’s furniture market housed roughly 30 youngsters. From there, Sapiens Research founder Rimjhim Gour’s team served as the brains of Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP. The party’s senior leadership had entrusted Gour with mobilizing 12.5 million female voters across India, and her team spent their days crunching historical polling trends, …

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Women in Indian Politics: A story that has changed little over the years

Firstpost  

Making just 13.63 per cent of the elected strength, the 18th Lok Sabha will comprise only 74 women compared to 469 men, even lower than the previous House India recently concluded its 2024 general elections, which took place in seven phases—from April 19 to June 1—to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Making just 13.63 per cent of …

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?
6 months, 4 weeks ago

India’s Modi wooed women voters. Did the strategy work in the election?

Al Jazeera  

The pitch was clear — the results mixed for Modi’s BJP. Critics point out that semiformal and informal sectors dominate when it comes to India’s labour force – offering far fewer protections to workers, especially women. Overall, India’s female labour participation ratio has fallen in recent years – meaning that fewer women are even seeking employment. Women’s Reservation Bill: Passed …

Women candidates get 55% representation from Vizianagaram district
7 months ago

Women candidates get 55% representation from Vizianagaram district

The Hindu  

Women candidates’ stunning performance in Vizianagaram politics has caught the attention of the State, thanks to their spectacular victory in five constituencies out of nine in the united district. Telugu Desam Party candidates Kolla Lalita Kumari, Toyaka Jagadeswari Gummadi Sandhya Rani, Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju and Jana Sena Party candidate Lokam Madhavi were elected to Assembly. Ms. Lalita Kumar was …

Safety, inflation weigh on Chandigarh women voters’ mind
7 months, 1 week ago

Safety, inflation weigh on Chandigarh women voters’ mind

Hindustan Times  

Safety, unemployment and inflation were main issues on the minds of women of Chandigarh who stepped out to vote on Saturday. The city has a total of 6.59 lakh voters, out of which 3.18 lakh voters are women and the remaining 3.41 lakh are men. Safety of women, especially those staying alone, is the most important factor,” said Charanjit Kaur, …

Delhi’s women voters weigh the pros and cons of election promises
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi’s women voters weigh the pros and cons of election promises

The Hindu  

Twenty-one-year-old Sonia, who is still on the job hunt despite recently completing courses offering specialisations in both computers and salon services, says that her vote on Saturday will go to the party that will ensure financial independence for women. “We keep hearing about schemes to empower women, like Aam Aadmi Party’s promise to give ₹1,000 to women every month. In …

Sonia: Vote to Save Democracy
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sonia: Vote to Save Democracy

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Just two days before the national capital votes, Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi appealed to the people of Delhi to make the Congress and the INDIA bloc candidates victorious in all seven Lok Sabha seats. In her video address to people on Thursday, Mrs Gandhi called the current Lok Sabha elections important to save democracy and the …

OPINION | NAARI SHAKTI: WHY WOMEN VOTERS PREFER MODI
7 months, 2 weeks ago

OPINION | NAARI SHAKTI: WHY WOMEN VOTERS PREFER MODI

India TV News  

After addressing election rallies in Bihar on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a mega Naari Shakti Samvaad event at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit College in Varanasi. Modi said, women as 'Matri Shakti' have always been the mainstay of India's cultural ethos. Modi told women voters how his government ensured big savings for women despite inflation. In his speech focussing on …

Women, youth and Scheduled Castes emerge as important segments in the Lok Sabha election’s outcomes
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Women, youth and Scheduled Castes emerge as important segments in the Lok Sabha election’s outcomes

The Hindu  

The ongoing Lok Sabha election is beyond the half-way point, and while the central question of the polls remains the same — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and whether he gets a third term — there are three significant mini narratives within this meta narrative on which the election hinges, namely, women, the youth, and the Scheduled Castes. It was in …

Lucknow is known for iconic women, but no females in its poll arena
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lucknow is known for iconic women, but no females in its poll arena

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The city famous for its culture, mannerisms and language is also known for its prominent women faces through the course of history. But as time went by, women’s representation in Lucknow politics declined gradually when it came to Lok Sabha elections. At a time when Lok Sabha passed the women’s reservation bill seeking 33% representation of women in the …

BJD, BJP vie for women voters to tip the scales in Odisha
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJD, BJP vie for women voters to tip the scales in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

At the heart of the contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal in Odisha is the scramble for winning over the women voters who, leaders of both the parties admit, are key to determining the poll outcome in the state. Women voters have outnumbered men in turnout since 2000, and this is perceived as a key …

Delhi LS polls: Empowerment promises in manifestos, but only 24 of 162 candidates are women
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi LS polls: Empowerment promises in manifestos, but only 24 of 162 candidates are women

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: After 28 years, the number of women contesting the Lok Sabha election in the city is at its highest. From the Lakhpati Didi scheme by the BJP to the financial assistance to women of poor households by the Congress and the Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to women by the AAP, all parties are eyeing to encash women's votes …

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time
8 months ago

Only three women elected to Lok Sabha from Himachal till date, just two in fray this time

The Hindu  

Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. At present, women constitute about 49% of the total voters in the State but representation is not even one fourth and this is a cause of serious concern," said Ramesh Chauhan, head of …

Himachal: Only three women elected to LS polls till date, just two in fray this time
8 months ago

Himachal: Only three women elected to LS polls till date, just two in fray this time

New Indian Express  

SHIMLA: Only three women have made it to the Lok Sabha from Himachal Pradesh in the past 72 years and this time, just two are in the fray. "Women from humble background rising high in politics and carving a niche for themselves is still a big challenge in the country and Himachal Pradesh is no exception. At present, women constitute …

Odisha leads way on women in legislature
8 months, 1 week ago

Odisha leads way on women in legislature

New Indian Express  

In the battleground of the world’s largest democracy, Odisha rarely figures among the states for having a decibel-shattering election process. With the eastern state going to the assembly poll at the same time as the Lok Sabha one, most political parties have shown a remarkable spark in nominating more women as candidates without waiting for the implementation of the women’s …

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters
8 months, 1 week ago

Elections 2024: How the BJP wins over women voters

Hindustan Times  

India has experienced a decade of political churning. However, in Congress–aligned households, only 68% of women followed men’s political preferences, with 25% aligning themselves with the rival BJP instead. The BJP’s traction among women was also pronounced in Uttar Pradesh, as evidenced by community-specific, gender-disaggregated patterns from exit polls conducted by Axis-MyIndia in that state’s 2022 assembly elections. Despite Hindutva’s …

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged while PM Narendra Modi runs a government for billionaires from Delhi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik leads a dispensation that works for “select people” in Odisha. Women constituted only 8% of the total 1,618 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender …

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 1 week ago

Only 8 per cent of women candidates in first two phases of Lok Sabha polls

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Women constituted only eight per cent of the total 2,823 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that the talk of empowering them rings hollow. In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, there were 135 women candidates while in …

Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress, BJP give women short shrift in Bihar; regional parties put up women candidates for Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Though all the political parties talk about giving equal representation to women, during ticket distribution in the polls, the talk remains a false promise. The picture became clear on Monday when the Congress announced the names of five more candidates for Bihar in which there was no mention of any woman candidate contesting the Lok Sabha polls. Going by the …

Voter turnout in Tamil Nadu marginally better among women than men in Lok Sabha poll
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Voter turnout in Tamil Nadu marginally better among women than men in Lok Sabha poll

The Hindu  

In Tamil Nadu, women voters surpassed men voters by a thin margin of 0.27 percentage points in exercising their franchise in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the polling for which was held on Friday, according to the revised turnout data released by the Election Commission of India on Sunday. The difference was three to five percentage points between women and …

The missing women in Indian politics - The Hindu
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The missing women in Indian politics - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Phase 1 of the General Elections 2024 is over. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, women were only 9% of the candidates. In Uttar Pradesh, with 80 parliamentary seats, the first phase has seen only seven women contesting compared to 80 men. Rajasthan, with 25 Lok Sabha seats, has 10 women candidates, while Gujarat with 26 seats has so far …

Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader. A Deori tribal woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote …

Family ties prioritised in Biju Janata Dal’s nomination for women for Assembly seats in Odisha
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Family ties prioritised in Biju Janata Dal’s nomination for women for Assembly seats in Odisha

The Hindu  

The Biju Janata Dal’s nomination of 22 female candidates for the Assembly elections, though ostensibly an attempt to promote gender equality in ticket distribution, reveals an inconvenient truth as the majority of these women happen to be spouses or daughters of MLAs and influential figures within the party’s existing power structure. The regional party, championing the cause of increased women’s …

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Plan ahead to improve women’s representation

New Indian Express  

There are few surprises in candidate selection for this Lok Sabha election. Most of the women in the fray today are daughters, wives, sisters or daughters-in-law of party leaders, anointed to continue the family business, tutored and dictated to by male family members. This election’s series of unsavoury remarks—from women deemed fit only for the kitchen, and certain candidates needing …

Election In Pincodes: Women’s safety still a pressing concern in West Delhi
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Election In Pincodes: Women’s safety still a pressing concern in West Delhi

Hindustan Times  

There is a map of the Mayapuri industrial area that the public knows – grey factories belching smoke standing cheek-by-jowl with smaller units making pressure cookers, hangers and stainless steel utensils. Delhi’s 11 million women face the scourge of violence in myriad and mundane ways in a city that has become an unfortunate emblem for the problems of public safety …

Afternoon briefing: 8% women candidates set for LS phase 1 poll; Cong slams BJP's 'Muslim League' remarks, and more
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Afternoon briefing: 8% women candidates set for LS phase 1 poll; Cong slams BJP's 'Muslim League' remarks, and more

Hindustan Times  

In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19, eight per cent of the candidates will be women. Dig deeper 102 seats will go to polls in the first phase which will see 1,625 candidates in fray. Dig deeper Latest News Sensex reached 75,000 from 74,000 in 24 sessions: A look at its journey till date Dig deeper …

Understanding the rise in women voters
9 months ago

Understanding the rise in women voters

Hindustan Times  

In India, as in many democracies, there has long been a discernible gender gap in citizens’ political participation. First, the increase in female turnout in India is occurring while female labour force participation — an important driver of women’s political participation — remains low compared to peer economies. The 2023 survey randomly sampled 642 women from the 2022 survey and …

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