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The glass is always full effect?

The glass is always full effect?

“61 women in this Lok Sabha, highest ever” – headline in The Times of India, 17 May 2014. “The 16th Lok Sabha will have the highest number of women members at 61.  ‘This is the highest number of women members elected to the Lok Sabha in the history of the country,...

The glass is always full effect?

Token women

Forget 33 percent, the women who were in the cabinet didn't get to hold weighty portfolios. "Except for a few politicians, most elected female representatives have a limited or marginal role in important discussions within their political party or within the national...