From panchayat to Parliament: How 33 pc reservation empowered women at grassroots level
Geeta Mahanand, the sarpanch of Risama panchayat in Chhattisgarh’s Durg, said she would have never come forward to contest the rural polls had there been no reservation for women in the Panchayati raj system. A housewife who was thrust into politics after the seat was reserved for women, Mahanand said reservation not just empowered her […]
From panchayat to Parliament: How 33 per cent reservation empowered women at panchayat level
In the three decades since reservation of seats for women in panchayati raj institutions was introduced, the country saw women dismantling gender barriers to take the lead in the political field at the grassroots level and excel in it Geeta Mahanand, the sarpanch of Risama panchayat in Chhattisgarh’s Durg, said she would have never come […]
From panchayat to Parliament: how 33 pc reservation empowered women at panchayat level
New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) Geeta Mahanand, the sarpanch of Risama panchayat in Chhattisgarh’s Durg, said she would have never come forward to contest the rural polls had there been no reservation for women in the Panchayati raj system. A housewife who was thrust into politics after the seat was reserved for women, Mahanand said […]
From panchayat to Parliament: how 33 pc reservation empowered women at panchayat level
Geeta Mahanand, the sarpanch of Risama panchayat in Chhattisgarh’s Durg, said she would have never come forward to contest the rural polls had there been no reservation for women in the Panchayati raj system. A housewife who was thrust into politics after the seat was reserved for women, Mahanand said reservation not just empowered her […]
From panchayat to Parliament: how 33 pc reservation empowered women at panchayat level
New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) Geeta Mahanand, the sarpanch of Risama panchayat in Chhattisgarh’s Durg, said she would have never come forward to contest the rural polls had there been no reservation for women in the Panchayati raj system. A housewife who was thrust into politics after the seat was reserved for women, Mahanand said […]