by Editors | May 28, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Jyoti Punwani Women participated enthusiastically in campaign meetings ahead of the fifth phase of the election in Maharashtra Women voters are, often, not as accessible as are men, and few reporters, myself included, seek them out. This time however, I didn’t have...
by Editors | May 20, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Shikha Mukerjee Between hype and reality, the status of women is an expanse of hypocrisy in West Bengal. Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the newly hatched politician who is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Tamluk in East Medinipur, was asked by the Election...
by Editors | May 18, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By सुमिता जायसवाल बिहार के शिवहर लोकसभा चुनाव में दो महिला प्रत्याशियों के बीच मुख्य मुकाबला है। पहले भी शिवहर लोकसभा क्षेत्र के मतदाताओं ने पांच बार महिला नेत्रियों को चुनकर संसद में भेजा है। मगर आज भी चुनावों में जातिगत राजनीति ही हावी रहती है। भारत में आम चुनाव-...
by Editors | May 18, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Sumita Jaiswal Though two women are in the fray and women leaders have been elected from the Sheohar Lok Sabha seat five times in the past, it is caste that is still pivotal in elections The country has crossed the halfway mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, with...
by Editors | May 13, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Rakhi Ghosh The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the leading regional party in Odisha, has been continuing with its 2019 promise of reserving 33 percent seats for women candidates for Lok Sabha elections. It is also one of the first states in the country to implement 50...
