by NWMI | Feb 19, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Laxmi Murthy Is the Mayawati phenomenon a thing of the past? Or is she still in the reckoning? Given that predictions abound regarding a lack of a decisive outcome to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Shivam Vij sticks his neck out with his list of the “18...
by NWMI | Feb 17, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
How can representation of women in politics be increased? Its a question we keep asking but is even more pertinent as we are In the midst of elections to five States right now. BBC’s Divya Arya spoke to young women leaders – Shazia Ilmi (Bharatiya Janata...
by NWMI | Feb 16, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Swarna Rajagopalan As voting gets underway in Uttarakhand, I embark upon an utterly unscientific survey of news reportage on the Assembly election campaign there. My methodology is chosen for its expediency—a simple Google News search for ‘Uttarakhand elections...
by NWMI | Feb 16, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
Dhamini Ratnam, a journalist with Mint Lounge, points us towards websites that can help us find out how women, particularly marginalised women, are experiencing and influencing the elections....
by NWMI | Feb 11, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Editors, BBC’s Divya Arya meets eight young Muslim women voters in Palda village in Muzaffarnagar district to find out what they want from the next Government. These were women who were forced to flee their villages after riots broke out in September 2013,...
