by NWMI | Feb 5, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Swarna Rajagopalan As Goa goes to the polls today and everyone talks about pink booths and teddy-bears, something Ammu Joseph has already discussed on this blog (https://nwmigenderwatch.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/what-are- women-voters- made-of/), the Election...
by NWMI | Feb 3, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Swarna Rajagopalan The good news about reportage around the Punjab Assembly elections is that reporters are asking about women candidates and about women campaigners. The bad news is that any concern about gender stops right there. Last year, we came up with a...
by NWMI | Feb 3, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Raksha Kumar On January 28, BJP party president Amit Shah announced on national television that his party would establish an ‘anti-Romeo squad’ to ‘protect’ girls in Uttar Pradesh, provided his party is voted to power in the upcoming assembly polls....
by NWMI | Feb 1, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Ammu Joseph One cannot but wonder if the “pink revolution” in Goa can help boost the representation of women in the legislature. In a state where women constitute nearly half the population and which apparently has more female than male voters, only...
by NWMI | Feb 1, 2017 | 2017 Assembly Elections
By Ammu Joseph Believe it or not, the Election Commission of Goa seems to think pink polling booths and pink teddy bears are the way to female voters’ hearts! “Manned” exclusively by women officers dressed in pink, they will also be decorated in pink and have pink...
