The Indian Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women. Empowerment is one of the key factors in determining their success. Though women form a sizable part of India's population, their political ...
My syndicated columns in The Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle and Amar Ujala(influential Hindi-language newspaper) are among the very few in India which consistently focus on social and development issues, especially those impacting women’s rights and empowerment in the wider political, economic and soci...
Political empowerment of women: myth and reality (A study of a block in haryana)Singh, RavindraSingh, Sewa
HARYANA (India)INDIAPOLITICAL participationWOMEN'S empowermentPOLITICAL knowledgePOLITICAL partiesREPRESENTATIVE governmentSUPPORT groupsIn India there persists a striking gender gap in political participation and representation, despite several decades of targeted policy interventions. Women...