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By Annie Philip From 78 to 74. In the week following the results of the 2024 General Elections in India (June 4-12), the fall in numbers of women elected to the 18th Lok Sabha emerged as a major headline in coverage of the elections in English media (print and...
By Ammu Joseph In the lead-up to the 2024 general elections in India, The Hindu’s data team had charted the trajectory of women’s representation in parliaments across the world. According to them, even though women’s representation in political spheres improved in the...
By Rakhee Roytalukdar Desperately seeking women politicians at all levels of the polity in Rajasthan to make the Women’s Reservation Bill a reality Rajasthan has always been known as the land of Rajas and Maharajas, who were acknowledged for their valour and courage....
By Shikha Mukerjee For the BJP in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is unidimensional—a failure as a woman chief minister. But evaluating a woman’s performance solely on the basis of her gender is discriminatory and disingenuous. The deliberate reduction of Mamata Banerjee...
The Madonna/Whore complex is a Freudian concept which describes the way many men tend to see women: as either saintly mother figures or immoral and debased women. Female politicians in India are often subjected to this binary perception.
By Rakhee Roytalukdar The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam Bill, popularly called the Women’s Reservation Bill, passed in 2023, has been hailed as a game-changer in India’s political landscape. The long-pending Bill was passed in both houses of Parliament, almost...
The Network of Women in Media, with support from Reporters Sans Frontiers, is holding a series of five workshops to help our members explore and produce stories related to the general elections. The registration form for all sessions will be shared in the NWMI Google...