Category: Women and Politics
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How is National Commission of Women (NCW) Chief Selected? What are the Qualifications? Why no Transparency? Why NCW Draft Bill Pending Since 1990?
Questions are being raised about the selection of Ms Rekha Sharma as National Commission of Women Chief after her insensitive comments on women’s safety in the wake of the Jharkhand gang-rape case (read our earlier report here). It is not the first time that her statement has raised a Twitter storm and questions about how…
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Uttarakhand Women’s Group Rejects Draft UCC Bill
The Uttarakhand women’s groups and representatives reacted sharply to the Uttarakhand Draft Bill on Uniform Civil Code and rejected it in toto. A Bill criminalizing constitutional behaviour, and introducing moral policing is unacceptable, the group proclaimed. The Women’s group observe that the Uttarakhand Draft UCC Bill is predominantly a cut paste from the Hindu family…
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Search for Women’s and Gender Studies Conference In India: Autoethnographic Notes from a Feminist Academic
A search for Gender Studies conferences led me to this webpage which listed the exact same conference, same title, same CFP, same sub-themes, happening everyday, sometimes 3-4 same conference on the same day but at different locations around the world. The first page of the search results contained 102 listings of the same conference scheduled…
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महिला आरक्षण बिल – इतिहास, समयरेखा, और इस पर भाजपा और कांग्रेस का रुख
महिला आरक्षण बिल एक बार फिर चर्चा में है. यह विधेयक सुनिश्चित करता है कि भारत की संसद में 33% सीटें महिला उम्मीदवारों से भरी जाएंगी। भारत में इसके संघर्ष का एक लंबा इतिहास है। इतिहास बताता है कि कांग्रेस सरकारों ने इस विधेयक को पारित कराने में भाजपा से ज्यादा दिलचस्पी दिखाई है। इसे…
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PM’s Modi’s Raksha Bandhan Gift Reeks of Gender Stereotypes and Lacks Rights Based Approach to Women’s Empowerment
On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan Prime Minister Modi reduced the LPG Gas cylinder prices by Rs. 200 as his “gift” to women of the country. “On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan and Onam, the government has decided to reduce the price of domestic cylinders by ₹200,” the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur…
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Set Aside Political Difference and Pass Women’s Reservation Bill, Urges BRS Leader K Kavitha, BJP Leader retorts
BRS leader K Kavitha wrote letter to 47 political parties urging them to set aside political differences and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill in the upcoming special sessions of Parliament which would start on September 18. However, instead of appreciating her gesture or showing concerns for the valid issue or lack of women’s representation in…