Question

Gender and politics are closely related. Explain

Answer 1

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Something which has negligibly changed over a period of time is the number of women in the political sphere of India. Though persistent efforts are being made to push the number by providing one-third reservation for women in various legal bodies including Parliament but still the percentage of women is just 5-10% across all political parties in India. The reservation has been mandated by the Constitution of India (73rd Amendment Act), enacted in 1992. As per the Act, minimum one-third of seats for women, both as members and chairpersons, would be reserved within all of the locally elected governance bodies of India, generally known as Panchayati Raj Institutions. But simply making such Act does not guarantee the active participation of women in politics. So the problem is different and related to the role of women in society and attitude of male towards females.