Women’s Representation in Indian Politics
Shikhar Gupta According to Inter Parliamentary Union and UN Women’s office, India ranks 148th in terms of Women participation in Executive Government and Parliament. The Women make up only 11.8%…
Shikhar Gupta According to Inter Parliamentary Union and UN Women’s office, India ranks 148th in terms of Women participation in Executive Government and Parliament. The Women make up only 11.8%…
Saba Rajkotia 17th February 2020 In February of this year, Arvind Kejriwal led the Aam Admi Party (AAP) to a thumping victory in the Delhi assembly elections. Kejriwal ran on…
Saba Rajkotia 3rd February 2020 On Monday the 3rd of February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received an open letter from over 170 activists and women’s groups alerting him to the…
Saba Rajkotia 21st November 2019 In 2018, it was estimated that 13 women in India die each day because of unsafe abortions. Despite being legal in India under the Medical…
Saba Rajkotia 23rd March 2020 India is full of inspiring young women who are working hard towards raising awareness about important issues. Meet Tanya Ballal, a final-year Human Centred Design…
Harleen Walia (July, 2019) The dominant Thakor community once again surprised people by banning the cell phones for unmarried women’s in 12 villages of Gujarat. The “unanimous” diktat was passed…
Saba Rajkotia 17th March 2020 On Tuesday the 17th of March, the Supreme Court ordered the government to grant permanent commission to female officers in the Indian Navy. The SC…
Saba Rajkotia 8th March 2020 Puspham Priya Choudhary, the daughter of former Janata Dal-United MLC Vinod Choudhary, has declared her intention to run for Chief Minister in the Assembly Elections…
Saba Rajkotia 17th December 2019 In 2019, India’s position on the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report fell from 108th to 112th. This drop is attributed to India now being…
Saba Rajkotia 3rd April 2020 On the 24th of March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an unprecedented 3-week nation-wide lockdown to combat the Coronavirus. Although this was an essential step…