Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Trinamool Congress and Congress of conspiring to block the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament. He ...

Parliament is considering a new law to bring 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies starting from the 2029 elec...

India is set to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a law reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies. This move a...

Sanae Takaichi emerges as a frontrunner in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership race, potentially becoming Japan's first female prime ...

India may soon be among the top three in global voter turnout. Currently, it ranks fourth with 66.1 per cent participation. The report also...

73 women won in the Lok Sabha elections, a slight dip from 78 in 2019. West Bengal leads with 11 female MPs. BJP fielded 69 women candidate...

In 1962, 42% of the electorate consisted of women, a figure that grew to 48.2% by 2019, aligning closely with their rising population share...

The example of Indian boardrooms points to the dangers of ‘quotawashing’. So, quotas are good in the way they kickstart the public conversa...

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), doubling the percentage of women in the workforce could boost India's growth rate...

In 2016, the Union government had issued directions to reserve 33% posts at constable level for women personnel in the CRPF and CISF and 14...

"...the committee has only one female Member of Parliament as a member. This is disheartening to note that a bill so pertinent to women and...

Speaking at a felicitation function organised by Lady Advocates of Supreme Court for the nine newly appointed judges, including three women...

In the world’s second most-populous nation, with a skewed sex ratio of 933 females per 1000 males - female representation in politics has b...

Winnability and money factor are considered to claim that women can't win elections, which is a lie, Quraishi said at a conclave commemorat...

The ministry in its circular referred to the direction of the apex court of April 2014, which had said that hijras, eunuchs, apart from bin...

Women's empowerment issues may get more than lip-service in the new UPA regime.

There’s much to celebrate about Indian democracy but here’s a sobering thought. Female representation in neighbouring Pakistan’s legislatur...