The only woman Chief Minister in India, Mamata Banerjee has single-handedly proven that Indian democracy is very much alive and kicking and despite all the ‘waves’ in the country, she knew her state would side with Bengal ki beti.
Vows in party manifestos appear to push empowerment agenda even as Assam election women candidates remain abysmally low.
To bring gender-responsive governance we have to understand what the lever of change is for politicians, says Atishi Marlena of AAP.
In a marvelous stunt, a Dhanbad-born Yashoda who now lives in Noida, Uttar Pradesh rode her Royal Enfield all the way to her hometown to cast her vote on May 12. The distance between the two cities is almost 1300 and the woman rode the bike all the way to exercise her democratic right to […]
Voters in Kerala endured long waiting hours to exercise their voting right in the ongoing parliamentary elections in the state. In all of this women emerged in higher numbers as compared to men to cast their vote hence becoming the deciding factor in their respective constituencies. Kerala women outnumbered men in five constituencies in particular, […]
The trend of women voters registering to vote in larger numbers than men and voting more than men voters continues in the Phase I and Phase II of Lok Sabha elections as well. According to the Election Commission’s data, analysed by Data Intelligence Unit (DIU), a data wing of India Today, 68.53% women polled in […]
The world’s largest democracy is in election mode. And this time round, women’s turnout is expected to be equal to if not more than men. Approximately 431 million women will be called to cast their votes. This huge turnout of Indian women voters may well be the game changer. But who will the women vote […]
The first phase of Indian Lok Sabha elections 2019 are underway and we are already coming across reports of poll booth malfunction from different parts of the country. A prominent entrepreneurs from Southern India, Upasana Konidela wrote on Twitter about how her mother Shobhana Kamineni wasn’t allowed to vote even when “She checked 10 days ago […]
You know desperation is as its peak when political parties resort to luring the most ignored community amongst the Indian electorate- women voters. Yes, Indian political parties have finally learned the value of women voters of this country. Which is why every party manifesto being hurled at us is heavy with promises being made to […]
“The gradual emergence of women as an electoral power is an encouraging development for Indian democracy,” say Kanta Singh and Vrinda Handa. The recently concluded elections for State Assemblies present similar trends witnessed earlier in terms of voter turnout. Not only more people voted this time but the number of female voters increased by 1-4 […]
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