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Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?
1 week, 5 days 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 …

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After Trump’s win, Black women are rethinking their role as America’s reliable political organizers
3 weeks, 6 days ago

After Trump’s win, Black women are rethinking their role as America’s reliable political organizers

LA Times  

Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris react after she delivered her concession speech at Howard University in Washington on Nov. 6. “And there’s not too much more fighting that you’re going to be able to do without losing your own sanity.” After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, many politically engaged Black women said they …

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Maharashtra election results: Why Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar will see no victory processions
1 month ago

Maharashtra election results: Why Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar will see no victory processions

Firstpost  

The counting of votes for the Assembly elections is underway. While several areas are expecting various parties to hold processions once the results are declared, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has banned it altogether A road outside a counting center is seen barricaded amid the counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai. Since, the counting of votes for 288 seats …

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Many women are unsure about Trump’s style and agenda. They voted for him anyway
1 month ago

Many women are unsure about Trump’s style and agenda. They voted for him anyway

CNN  

CNN — One major reason Donald Trump will return to the White House is that he remained unexpectedly competitive with women in this month’s election. Nationwide, both the exit polls and VoteCast showed Trump beating Harris among those working-class White women by roughly the same two-to-one margin he carried them over Biden in 2020. In the crucial former Blue Wall …

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Beyond abortion rights: Why did Kamala Harris lose women’s votes?
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Beyond abortion rights: Why did Kamala Harris lose women’s votes?

Al Jazeera  

The number of American women voting Democratic declines after Joe Biden’s election to the presidency. Donald Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election has signalled women’s rights – specifically the right to an abortion – was less of a key issue than expected for voters. The Harris campaign made much of Trump’s stance …

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Shock as Trump says putting Harris in the ring with Mike Tyson ‘would be interesting’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Shock as Trump says putting Harris in the ring with Mike Tyson ‘would be interesting’

The Independent  

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"We want fertilization": Trump's all-female Fox News town hall wasn't for women, but his male base
2 months ago

"We want fertilization": Trump's all-female Fox News town hall wasn't for women, but his male base

Salon  

Donald Trump is so scared of questions these days that he doesn't just cancel interviews, he will stand and sway to music for 39 minutes rather than answer the inquiries of his rally attendees. It's about reassuring Trump's male base that they aren't misogynists, even though they back a sexual predator whose only real accomplishment in office was getting abortion …

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Some women are torn between immigration and abortion when it comes to Trump
2 months ago

Some women are torn between immigration and abortion when it comes to Trump

LA Times  

Hello and happy Thursday. That reality was on display during Trump’s Georgia town hall Wednesday morning, when one anxious mother asked Trump not just what he would do about illegal immigration, but how fast he could protect her family. She asked Trump, “How quickly in a sanctuary city like they’re calling Athens, Georgia, how quickly can you remove those threats …

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Donald Trump claims to be ‘father of IVF’ as he woos women voters
2 months ago

Donald Trump claims to be ‘father of IVF’ as he woos women voters

The Telegraph  

Donald Trump has claimed to be the “father of IVF” in his latest effort to court female voters. Kamala Harris said those comments were “quite bizarre”, adding: “What he should take responsibility for is that couples who are praying and hoping and working toward growing a family have been so disappointed and harmed by the fact that IVF treatments have …

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Kaithal Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners and party-wise candidates
3 months, 1 week ago

Kaithal Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners and party-wise candidates

India TV News  

Kaithal Assembly Election 2024: The Kaithal Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Kaithal Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2024: Poll Date The Kaithal constituency in Haryana will go to the polls in a single phase, along with the other 89 constituencies, on October 5. Kaithal Constituency Assembly Election 2024 Candidates Bharatiya Janata Party's Leela …

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Understanding the rise in women voters
8 months, 2 weeks 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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Thiruvananthapuram Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Thiruvananthapuram Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India TV News  

Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Election 2024: Thiruvananthapuram is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala. Thiruvananthapuram Constituency Demographic Profile As per data from the Election Commission, there were 13,71,427 voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll Date The Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala will go to polls in the second phase …

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Wayanad Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates list
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Wayanad Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India TV News  

Wayanad Lok Sabha Election 2024: Wayanad is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fought the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Wayanad for the first time and won the constituency comfortably. Wayanad Constituency Demographic Profile As per data from the Election Commission, there were 13,59,679 voters in the Wayanad constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha …

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PM Modi, the provider, and women labharthi
1 year ago

PM Modi, the provider, and women labharthi

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has scored a comprehensive victory in the three Hindi Belt states — Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan — that went to the polls in November, even outperforming some of the most optimistic exit polls. In the Axis My India poll, one of the few exit polls to pick up the magnitude of the BJP’s victory in …

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Ohio Democrats make play for women’s vote in governor’s race
2 years, 7 months ago

Ohio Democrats make play for women’s vote in governor’s race

Associated Press  

TOLEDO, Ohio — Democrats selecting their nominee for governor in Ohio have a choice between a two-woman ticket and a man-led ticket endorsed by feminist icon Gloria Steinem. “For the past three decades, we’ve run a moderate, white man for governor of Ohio,” Whaley said at a debate last week. The party had been expected to endorse Whaley, the choice …

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Assembly election results: How women voted
2 years, 9 months ago

Assembly election results: How women voted

The Hindu  

Soon after it became clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party would form the government in four of the five election-bound States, including its prize catch Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed party workers at the BJP headquarters in Delhi and acknowledged women’s contribution in ensuring the party’s victory. This time 62.24 per cent of women and 59.15 per cent …

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South Korea’s 20-30 Generation Could Decide the Upcoming Presidential Election
2 years, 10 months ago

South Korea’s 20-30 Generation Could Decide the Upcoming Presidential Election

The Diplomat  

The “20-30 generation,” sometimes dubbed the “MZ generation,” is a key demographic group in South Korea’s March presidential election. In terms of pure numbers, the South Korean population in the 60-plus age range is larger, but it is the unpredictability of the 20-30 voters that puts candidates on edge. However, as they attempt to tailor their campaign platforms toward what …

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Editorial: Kamala Harris is a vice president-elect like no other
4 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: Kamala Harris is a vice president-elect like no other

LA Times  

The glass ceiling that Sen. Kamala Harris just broke Saturday when she became the first woman ever to be elected vice president of the United States may not be the highest in American politics, but it’s as close as they come. Pressured by women’s advocates and believing there was a gender gap to fill, former Vice President Walter Mondale picked …

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Donald Trump continues bizarre appeals to suburban women as he campaigns in Covid hotspots
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump continues bizarre appeals to suburban women as he campaigns in Covid hotspots

CNN  

CNN — If President Donald Trump loses his reelection bid in November, it will be in part because of his fundamental misunderstanding of the beliefs of “suburban women,” whom he has tried to win back with a series of bizarre and racist appeals that seem more targeted to a stereotype from the 1950s and 1960s than the American women who …

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