Women Reservation News

A day after BJD declares 33% reservation for women in Elections 2019, TMC says it would allocate 41% of poll tickets to womenThe moves come a decade after the women's reservation bill was stalled in Lok Sabha after approval by Rajya Sabha

India should have an Election Commission-led effort to push for reservation for women in political parties

Of late, Congress has been raising the issue of women's reservation in the Lok Sabha and legislative assemblies

Railways currently also offers a reservation quota of six sleeper class berths in every mail/express train for female passengers, irrespective of their age, travelling alone or in a group.Additionally, a quota of six berths per train in 3 AC of Garib Rath Express trains has also been reserved for women.

Socio-economic disadvantages and poor female political participation create a vicious cycle that needs to be broken

Panchayati raj institutions are simultaneously a remarkable success and a staggering failure

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is shifting attention and planning a raft of women-focused policies before the 2019 national election

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to get the women's reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha

Individual assessment of vulnerability to data frauds and thefts underestimates the larger systemic risk

The quota policy for women in local government increases candidacy for, but not representation in, state and national political offices