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WOMEN VOTERS NEWS

Mumbai BJP announces women outreach programme Baheen Ladki Bhaubij Devabhaunchi from today

November 06, 2025 2:58 pm

Cultural events, gatherings, and Vande Mataram singing will be held in every district of Mumbai as part of the BJP’s women’s outreach programme that also aims to project CM Devendra Fadnavis as ‘Devabhau’.

Jharkhand election shows how women are shaping politics. But is that enough?

December 01, 2024 6:03 pm

Even as women play a greater role at the local and state levels, at the national level, they remain on the edges of an arena that continues to be dominated by me.

Vandita Mishra writes: The Woman Vote & the BJP win

November 26, 2024 12:59 pm

While the cash transfer scheme for women may have played a role in the Mahayuti’s victory in Maharashtra, the over-estimation of its impact is problematic.

Ladki Bahin Yojana impact? Maharashtra records surge in women voters; trend mirrored in Mumbai, nearby districts

November 22, 2024 5:04 pm

Mumbai, its satellite towns, and the neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar recorded an increase in the number of women voters in the current Assembly elections as compared to 2019.

Hurdle before EC in Banaskantha — ensuring women vote

May 05, 2024 8:14 am

In Valsad, while 75.86 per cent of the men voted in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the figure for women was 74.56 per cent.

How voter apathy puts our democracy at risk

April 22, 2024 4:55 pm

It creates a fertile ground for injustice and inequality to take root and perpetuates a cycle of disenfranchisement

Ahead of 2024 polls, a gender manifesto

April 08, 2024 10:06 am

Women voters want the next government to bring in far-sighted policy changes for gender equity

Road to 2024 | With PM Modi's push, BJP to field more women in polls, with or without quota Bill

January 31, 2023 7:10 am

From I-Day speech to party meetings, PM has invoked “nari shakti”; party leaders women's quota Bill may be among the promises on cards

Past decade saw increase in number of women voters: Book

June 11, 2022 8:08 am

The book, Women Voters in Indian Elections – Changing Trends and Emerging Patterns, has been edited by Prof Sanjay Kumar of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.

Her due opportunity

May 10, 2021 7:54 am

Woman voter is making herself heard. But political parties must do more to fix gender deficit in political representation.

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