With the topic “Women in Indian politics”, we are always reminded of the life of India’s first women prime minister Mrs.Indira Gandhi, who lived a life dedicated to strengthening the Nehruvian vision of a modern secular India. It was the time when Indian woman acquired a truly global status.Sixty years after independence, the lives of millions of women in India have been transformed. India with its recent economic strides has the world’s largest number of professionally qualified women in almost every field except for marine and mining engineering. India has more working women than any other country in the world. However on an average, women in India are socially, economically and politically weaker than men. This draws our attention to the limited participation of women in economic and political domains, which are very essential metrics to measure the status of women.
“Since changes in society normally come through the political process, the need for women to be among those who make policies and decisions at all levels of government is critical if their plight has to be adequately addressed.”
- Gender and Political Participation
“It is important for women to know that they have to be there (within the political process) where it matters. Whether it is at the rural council, urban council or other levels of policy making, they have to be there to ensure their lot is addressed,”
– Gita Welch
UN Development Fund for Women’s (UNIFEM) Regional Advisor for Eastern and Southern Africa,Mozambique.
India has just seen the 1St woman President, which gives the fact that the revision of reservation for state assemblies and Parliament needed for more participation of women in politics.
Reservation always been the subject for a constant debate almost in every possible forum….So is reservation really the solution???
Percentage Dispute:
Mr. Mulayam wants to give only 10 percent to women and the rest of percent would be given to other groups too. However other parties seem to be happy with the 33 percent. By the way is percentage the cause of all disputes??
Is the empowerment of women too risky?
Isn’t this a clear sign of gender bias?
Also it is evident that the bill faces a lot of opposition in being passed as most of the male MPs seem to believe that as if proposing 33 percent of reservations will, along with reservations for scheduled castes and tribes make 50 percent of seats unavailable to them.
Basic logic behind is if half of the seats of the Rajya Sabha, which is the representative house of all the states, goes to women, it is natural that the chairman of the House will be a lady.
Why is there so much reluctance amongst party men in letting women take over their seats?
Women who have the passion for politics and service are a rare breed. Recent development in feminist politics in India shows greater concern with under-representation of women being elected, with the view that some form of reservation or affirmative action is needed to redress the existing gender imbalances.
Will the increase in percentage of reservation change Indian Politics?
If women come to power, would they really work towards uplifting the downtrodden?
Will reservation have any impact on “Women in Indian Politics”??
These are questions that need urgent attention and perhaps if at all the reservation comes through, who knows what will happen to “Indian politics”!
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