65 million women — around 20% of eligible female voters — are missing from India’s electorate, raising a question on how well their concerns are represented in democracy. According to Brookings Institute, here are the reasons for it. 1. True political representation of women cannot be ensured unless preferences of women get significant attention. The […]

A study by think tank, Brookings India, has found that the number of rural women accessing public healthcare has risen by 24 per cent from 2004 to 2014.