by NWMI | Dec 6, 2018 | 2019 Parliamentary Elections
“Wrap it up, this final Lok Sabha session,” says Tara Krishnaswamy of the newly formed, non-partisan Indian Women’s Caucus spearheading a renewed effort to ensure gender-balanced representation in Parliament and state Legislative Assemblies. There...
by NWMI | Nov 29, 2018 | 2019 Parliamentary Elections
By Rakhi Ghosh Waiting to vote in the panchayat elections in Odisha. The Odisha State Assembly recently passed a unanimous resolution seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in state Legislative Assemblies and Parliament. The resolution was passed by a voice vote...
by NWMI | Nov 26, 2018 | 2019 Parliamentary Elections
By Kalpana Sharma Women getting their fingers marked before casting their votes in Aizawl in 2014. Mizoram has more women voters than men — 51.25% of the total number of voters. Yet, when they cast their votes for the Assembly election on November 28, it...
by NWMI | Nov 22, 2018 | Gender, Media & Elections, International Politics
By Urvashi Sarkar Rwanda garnered international attention in 2003 with a heartening development – 48.75% of the representatives elected to the lower house of the Rwandan Parliament were women. In 2008, women constituted 56% of the lower house of Parliament and...
by NWMI | Nov 20, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
A Joint Action Committee drawn from a group of 30 associations working on women and transgender issues, as well as several individual academics and activists, has released a manifesto for the upcoming Telangana Legislative Assembly elections to be held in December...
