by Editors | May 6, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Durba Ghosh The number of women candidates has been on the decline since 2014, but women voters are turning out in greater numbers than men. Promises galore have been made and benefits doled out but in Assam, even as women outnumber the male voters, the...
by Editors | May 3, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By C G Manjula The final voter turnout in the 14 parliamentary constituencies included in the first phase of polling in Karnataka on April 26 was 69.59%. Women voters outnumbered men in five of the 14 constituencies, according to the revised data shared by the...
by Editors | May 3, 2024 | Initiatives, Reports
By Editors A recent report by the Free Speech Collective, ‘Crossing The Line: 18th Lok Sabha Elections and Free Speech In India’ notes that at least 34 journalists were among the 46 citizens attacked across the country from January 1 to April 30, 2024....
by Editors | Apr 30, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Rupa Mehta Despite headlines about progress in Gujarat, women are still not represented in Parliament of state legislature For Gujarat, “freedom” of women has been a matter of pride, evidenced by people often repeating, “Here, women can go to dance garbha during...
by Editors | Apr 22, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Shikha Mukerjee For the BJP in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is unidimensional—a failure as a woman chief minister. But evaluating a woman’s performance solely on the basis of her gender is discriminatory and disingenuous. The deliberate reduction of Mamata Banerjee...
