Though women form a sizable part of India's population, their political representation and participation is definitely below the mark. The fact that women are grossly under-represented at the political level in Central and State government, is a testimony to lack of political power in the hands ...
Women are the building blocks of a nation and therefore they need to have a choice in their lives. They need to have a say in decision making in their families. Empowerment of women also entails awareness and cognition of political rights and behaviours. It leads to Political Socialisation ...
India is the largest democratic country in the world, where the women folk constitute nearly half of its population. Though the constitution guarantees equality to women along with men, but in politics very few women were able to make a room for themselves due to various reasons. The aim of...
Political participation of women from ethnic minorities The case of the Netherlands Gender equality is fundamentally related to sustainable development and globally accepted as a necessity for the promotion of human rights. In the context of local government, gender equality is critical as women and ...
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of the newly acquired rights. For example, one-third of the women who entered the U.S. Congress between 1916 and 1963 were widows of politicians.2Of the 26 women to win a parliamentary election in Ireland before 1981, 13 were widows of male members of parliament or male members of the ...
Using the latest data and a regression discontinuity design, I find the caste quotas lead to political candidates with different attributes: lower wealth, lower criminal charges, and increased representation of women, but similar education levels. I find no significant difference in the level of ...
2013. Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evi- dence from a Large Public Program in India. IZA Discussion Papers 7212. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).Afridi, F., Iversen, V., and Sharan, M. R. (2013). Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evi- dence ...
Or is it to promoteequalityby challenging the conditions, in both private and public spheres, that curtail women’s rights and opportunities as political citizens? Alternatively, following the theoretical position I have outlined, is it possible to promote women’s political citizenship by developing ...
women’s rights and equal rights. Her election marked a vital moment in political history, demonstrating the growing influence of women in politics. Rankin’s work contributed to the eventual ratification of the19th Amendmentin 1920, which granted women the legal right to vote in the United ...