LS polls: Here's civil society's womanifesto for political parties

On International Womens’ Day 2014, representatives of civil society and the autonomous women’s movement across the country have come together to release the Womanifesto, India Elections, 2014. They are calling on each political party to commit to this six­ point action-plan as part of their election pledges. [caption id=“attachment_1425125” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] “The time has come to demand not just the highest levels of integrity in public life and effective governance, but also to abide by the constitutional and policy pledges made to half the population, women who are waging personal and political battles everyday,” write the spokespersons for the Womanifesto. Asked about it at the Candidate 2014 forum organized by Newslaundry, Arvind Kejriwal said AAP endorses most of it. Here is the Womanifesto in full.