Womens Reservation

Rahul Gandhi promises 33% quota for women in govt jobs at national level if Congress voted to power

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday announced that if his party comes to power it will reserve 33 percent of all government jobs at the national level for women

Rahul Gandhi says Congress will reserve one-third of government jobs for women if voted to power in Lok Sabha polls

Congress party will reserve a third of government jobs for women if it comes into power, its chief Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, in a sign women's rights are rising up the political agenda for next month’s election.

Women perform poorly amid little representation in Assembly polls across five states; Mizoram elects no female MLA

In Madhya Pradesh, women's representation in the Assembly has dropped 33%, but Chhattisgarh is the only bright spot in this context, with 12 women in the 90-member House.

Women's Reservation Bill: Rahul Gandhi urges CMs of Congress states to pass Assembly resolution on one-third quota

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has written to Congress/alliance governments in states to have a resolution passed in their respective assemblies, seeking one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies.

Women's reservation in Parliament, state legislatures need of the hour, says NCP chief Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar said, "Women's reservation is important. It should be given on priority consideration by all parties. Reservation for women in the Vidhan Sabha, Vidhan Parishad, and Lok Sabha is the need of the hour."

Sonia Gandhi's Women's Reservation Bill is a bad idea which disregards merit, hurts democracy

The Women's Reservation Bill tries to tackle a serious problem through a supposedly morally superior way but instead hurts democracy.

Women's organisations demand 50 percent reservation in Lok Sabha, assemblies

Over 1,600 women's organisations pitched for the passage of the long pending Women's Reservation Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament which commences on 17 July

Yogi Adityanath's UP development agenda is a pipe dream unless women are considered equal partners

Yogi Adityanath might be rushing on the development agenda, but unless he stretches his imagination and recongnises the role of women as an equal stakeholder in the socio-economic growth of the state, not just limit to the family, all-round development of Uttar Pradesh can remain a myth.

Let's get political: Why the aam aurat should ignore Chetan Bhagat

Contrary to Bhagat's claim, encouraging women to vote will do far more to change society and its leaders than any personal effort to "change men".

Rule by proxy: How men have subverted women's reservation

In Maharashtra's rural areas, the reservation of panchayat seats and sarpanch positions for women has often been ineffective. Men rule by getting their female relatives elected.