Give reason as to why women's representation is low in india
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When it comes to representation of women in legislative bodies India is among the bottom group of nations in the world. Women's representation has always been less than 10% in Lok Sabha and 5% in the State Assemblies.
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Gender inequality is a serious concern in most sectors but the gap between men and women has narrowed the least in political representation . Women make up merely 22% of lower houses in parliaments around the world and in India, this number is less than half at 10.8% in the outgoing Lok Sabha. While this dismal statistic has only improved marginally in India over the last three election cycles, globally it has almost doubled, from 11.7% in 1997. Not coincidentally, this period has also seen a multitude of countries experimenting with a variety of quota policies. The proportion of women in the Italian Parliament, for instance, has increased from 11% (1996) to 31.4% (2013) following a quota policy implemented in 1997. Countries such as Bangladesh , Tanzania, Burundi and Argentina have had similar successes with the quota system in this period. In India, the cost of entering electoral politics remains prohibitively high for women candidates compared to men, especially when viewed in the context of nonpecuniary costs such as lack of exposure and cultural barriers. Left unaltered, the current electoral political system is unlikely to throw up more female leaders. Let’s take a look at the barriers to entry.
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