by NWMI | Mar 6, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By Aheli Moitra A woman with a sling bag across her shoulder, paan across her teeth, stood beside the voters’ queue. Seeing the presence of election observers, she approached them and said, “Please write that election here has been peaceful.” Her hands swayed inward...
by NWMI | Mar 6, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By Aheli Moitra Here’s a narration of what women said while standing in the voters’ queues around Dimapur, Nagaland. Some were either oblivious of, or had reconciled with, what a Member of Legislative Assembly owes to them but does not deliver, while some...
by NWMI | Mar 6, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By Ninglun Hanghal Poll results in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya were announced on March 3. In these three states of north-east India, Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) made gains and is all set to either form the new government or form a key alliance partner. In...
by NWMI | Mar 4, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By Swarna Rajagopalan A procession of Assembly elections in 2017-18 makes it hard to stay caught up with gender analyses of the reportage. In early February, eminent political scientist James Manor published an article in the Economic and Political Weekly about the...
by NWMI | Feb 28, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By Kalpana Sharma This article in Scroll.in is a useful backgrounder on the issue of women contesting elections in Nagaland. It points out the complex web of customary laws, and how difficult it is for Naga women to carve out a space for themselves. It is always...
