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...
by NWMI | Feb 22, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By North East Network (NEN) Nagaland Introduction North East Network (NEN) is a women’s rights organization, working in the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland. Since 1995, NEN has been working on issues of Gender-based Discrimination and Violence against Women...
by NWMI | Feb 21, 2018 | 2018 Assembly Elections
By Aheli Moitra In Nagaland’s political scape, women have become buzz words and stepping stones to political power. Hypocrisy, insensitivity and ignorance define political manifestos and speeches around gender questions. But as long as patriarchy defines these...
