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Women’s Reservation Bill and the unfair burden of expectations: We must be excellent, while men can just get by
October 07, 2023 1:47 pm
Even as women are being given a seat at the table, the seat seemingly comes with its own set of terms and conditions. The varying cultural and social standards for men and women are built on the assumption that they are different — and that is where our problem lies.
Women's reservation Bill gets President's assent, becomes law
September 30, 2023 1:39 am
The law will take some time before being implemented as the next census and the subsequent delimitation exercise - redrawing of Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies - will ascertain the particular seats being earmarked for women.
Muslim outfits on women’s reservation Bill: ‘Not all women enjoy same privilege’, demand OBC quota
September 24, 2023 8:39 am
IUML MP, like AIMIM, has expressed concern about the lack of OBC reservation, pointing out that Muslims are the ‘biggest component of OBCs’; Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind leader has welcomed Bill but said delimitation should not be a ‘tool of discrimination’.
Before women's quota in Parliament and state Assemblies, the issue of delimitation: What is it, why is it needed
September 22, 2023 11:41 am
It might be several years before reservation for women becomes applicable — mainly because it has been made contingent on the delimitation exercise. What is delimitation, and how does it work?
Seriousness about Women’s Reservation Bill must show in electoral representation
April 18, 2019 8:42 am
The gender quotas need to be supplemented with capacity building. Political parties have a greater incentive in nurturing women leadership when it becomes an obligation to field women as candidates.
Join hands for passage of bills on women's reservation, triple talaq and nikah halala: Govt to Congress
July 17, 2018 7:00 pm
The law minister was responding to a letter written by Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi, where the Congress president asked the latter to “demonstrate his commitment to the cause of women”, and ensure the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill.
Inside track: Image conscious
March 29, 2015 12:30 am
Sharad Yadav was at the centre of a controversy last week over his comments on south Indian women.
It is women who give direction to society: Sheila Dikshit
March 08, 2015 9:44 am
Bill proposes to reserve 33% of all seats in the Lok Sabha & in all state legislative assemblies for women.
Congress bats for Women's Reservation bill
August 12, 2014 5:07 pm
Representation of women in panchayats in several states was 40 to 50 per cent, Sonia Gandhi pointed out.
Rahul Gandhi says his prime focus is to uplift working class
April 01, 2014 7:59 pm
Vowing to make India a super power, he expressed concern over the delay in bringing reservation for women in Parliament.
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