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GENDER QUOTAS IN POLITICS
Somanna, Bommai & Wadiyar hit out at Congress over women’s quota BillUnion Minister V Somanna, MP Basavaraj Bommai, and MP Yaduveer Wadiyar criticized Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. They stated the Congress par...
More, the merrier: Women in policymaking drive better social outcomes, economic gains, NCAER study showsThe ongoing parliamentary session addressing the 33% Women's Reservation Act underscores its profound economic and social advantages. Studi...
Opposition never wanted women in Parliament, assemblies: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta on Women's Reservation BillRekha Gupta accused the opposition of blocking women’s entry into legislatures after the women’s reservation bill failed to pass in the Lok...
Akhilesh seeks quota for OBC and Muslim womenAkhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of using the Women's Reservation Act to delay the census and demanded inclusion of OBC and Muslim women in t...
Women’s reservation: PM Modi makes strong pitch for a new era in India, calls 2029 timeline crucialPrime Minister Narendra Modi is rallying for women's reservation within legislative assemblies by the year 2029. A special parliamentary se...
Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: From the shadows to the centre stageIndia is set to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a law reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies. This move a...
Pete Hegseth declares end to 'politically correct' leadership in US militaryDefence Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of US military officials to announce new directives, including "gender-neutral" physical f...
Census to identify gaps, not deepen caste lines: Bhupender YadavUnion Minister Bhupender Yadav defends the inclusion of caste in the upcoming Census, criticizing the Opposition's "hypocrisy and delay" on...
Pakistan's gender gap index hits rock bottom, second worst globallyWomen's rights activists have issued impassioned pleas for both state and societal commitment to address gender disparities effectively.soc...
View: Women Reservation Bill must be implemented in an unbiased wayThe example of Indian boardrooms points to the dangers of ‘quotawashing’. So, quotas are good in the way they kickstart the public conversa...
Women’s Bill: Siddaramaiah demands OBC quota within women quota for social equalityChief Minister Siddaramaiah has warned the BJP that the women's reservation bill will fail if it does not include a horizontal quota for wo...
Reserving for her, getting a bit closerA study in Nepal, which has reserved 33% of parliamentary seats for women, shows that political quotas have strengthened women's capital, a...
Consensus needed for women's reservation bill, says law minister Arjun Ram MeghwalThe women's quota bill requires "careful consideration" on the basis of consensus among all parties before it is brought to Parliament, the...
Women a step closer to breaking glass ceiling in politicsIn the world’s second most-populous nation, with a skewed sex ratio of 933 females per 1000 males - female representation in politics has b...
ET Women's Forum: One-year parental leave key for gender equality in labour market, says Marianne HagenHagen is Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs in Norway, which is considered to be a gender-equal country.
View: New quota will deepen casteism, not abolish it"The court must strike down the new amendment for violating the basic structure of the Constitution."
A quota for women: This is one big idea awaiting implementation by the Modi governmentThe governments of Prime Ministers HD Deve Gowda, AB Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh each introduced the bill once or more.
View: The politics of demanding quotas in the private sectorNitish Kumar’s new fascination for quotas in private sector a veiled threat to BJP to not take him for granted.
- India Inc: No quotas for women, please
Quotas for women is acceptable to narrow gender gap in politics, but not in the corporate sector to enable women to rise to leadership posi...
- Pakistan has twice as many women MPs in India
Almost 100 countries have some kind of quota system or the other in place.