1. 'Reservation of seats for women in the local government is the need of the
hour.' Justify.
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The most recent Lok Sabha (17th) session witnessed the highest number of women ever in the Indian Parliament, with 78 women MPs elected from all over the country. Women’s representation in the Lok Sabha has increased from 11.3 percent in 2014 to 14 percent in 2019, coming across as a positive development. However, the diversity composition within the group of elected women candidates needs further analysis on the lines of caste, class, religion and ethnicity. Adding to this, these numbers are also significantly lower in India than its neighboring countries like Nepal (32.7 percent), Pakistan (20.2 percent) and Bangladesh (20.7 percent). The relatively stronger representation of women in these countries is due to the implementation of legislated gender-based reservations. This increased representation of women in politics is seen to grab local, national and global attention on issues of violence against women and grow awareness around sexual harassment and mental trauma.
THE BILL CERTAINLY LOOKS PROMISING IN ITS ATTEMPT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INTERNAL COMPLEXITIES WITHIN THE CATEGORY OF WOMEN BY RECOGNIZING THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPRIVATION POINTS DERIVED FROM CASTE INEQUALITIES