by NWMI | Apr 17, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
This is an interesting piece speculating on whether women will vote for Nitish Kumar in Bihar because he has initiated so many positive schemes that benefit women during his term. What is interesting about the story is that it notes that while hardly any women...
by NWMI | Apr 17, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
The Hindu, in an editorial on Narendra Modi’s reluctance to reveal that he was married, a fact that has now become public knowledge as his party projects him as a prime ministerial aspirant, refers to this as “somewhat misogynist reticence”. Can...
by NWMI | Apr 13, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
What a missed opportunity this report was. The title of this piece ‘Meet India’s Most Powerful Women Politicians’ in the otherwise well-researched site Global Voices, offered some hope that it would be a serious report on women politicial leaders....
by NWMI | Apr 13, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
The Hindu made a strong comment on the remarks on rape made by politicians like Mulayam Singh Yadav and Abu Azmi of the Samajwadi Party. In its editorial titled “India’s pro-rapist lobby”, it went beyond criticism of the politicians and their...
by NWMI | Apr 12, 2014 | 2014 Parliamentary Elections
Women’s participation in politics, as political representatives and as voters, has increased over the years. But women don’t necessarily have the power to make their own choices. This report by Supriya Sharma in Scroll.in finds that women in Haryana are voting on the...