by NWMI | Oct 5, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Romita Saluja Much has been written about Haryana’s skewed sex ratio, in the general population as well as in the legislative assembly. As expected, there aren’t too many women contesting the Vidhan Sabha elections on October 5. The prominent parties or coalitions...
by NWMI | Oct 4, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Rifat Mohidin For 19-year-old Amina Jan, casting her first vote in the ongoing assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir was both exciting and challenging. These elections, being held in the region after a decade, represent a personal milestone for young voters like...
by NWMI | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Parvathi Benu From the first election to the Haryana state assembly in 1967 after the state was carved out of Punjab in 1966 to the one in 2019, a total of 839 candidates have become elected representatives. Of this 839, just 69 women – a measly 8% – have been...
by NWMI | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Safeena Wani Sugra Barkati. Photo courtesy: Imran Nissar/ The Hindu A group of bandana-clad boys chaperone Sugra Barkati, a barely 16-year-old youngster, to Ganderbal constituency, one of the 90 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, which will decide the fate of...
by NWMI | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Sumayyah Qureshi In Anchar, a neighbourhood in the northern part of Srinagar, Kashmir, many women turned out to vote in the second phase of polling for the state’s legislative assembly elections, on September 25. Their concerns: incarcerated youth, the need for...
