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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...
By Swarna Rajagopalan (Guest Post) With Assembly elections in five states just a few weeks from now, election fever is setting in. This short post is a reminder of what it would take to convince women that political parties care about their rights and welfare. Ensure...
By Kalpana Sharma The tokenism that now marks International Women’s Day (March 8) has virtually become the norm. Politicians make ritual statements about women’s “empowerment”, the corporates and the retail sector reach out to their “market” consisting of women...