As Karnataka goes to election, a look at the heaps of colourful party manifestos reveal that the primary women’s issues lie unattended. Women form around 49% of the voting population of the state. So to say that their votes will affect the election’s outcome is an understatement. But despite forming nearly half of the vote casting […]

As we approach the Karnataka Assembly elections, a look at the number of women candidates that parties are fielding in this election shows that it is beyond feeble. The Election Commission released the data on Saturday which states that a bare minimum of 219 of the 2,655 candidates are women. This number makes up only 8% […]