'The presence of hardly 10 percent women in the parliament shows that male dominated
society still exists in our democratic country'.Comment on the statement by highlighting the
measures taken by the government for women's political representation.
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Women around the world at every socio-political level find themselves under-
represented in parliament and far removed from decision-making levels. As mentioned
in chapter 1, in 2005, women hold barely 16 percent of parliamentary seats around the
world. The factors that hamper or facilitate women’s political participation vary with
level of socio-economic development, geography, culture, and the type of political
system. Women themselves are not a homogeneous group; there are major differences
between them, based on class, race, ethnicity, cultural background and education.
The exclusion of women from decision-making bodies limits the possibilities for
entrenching the principles of democracy in a society, hindering economic development
and discouraging the attainment of gender equality. If men monopolize the political
process, passing laws which affect society at large, the decision-making process does
not always balance the interests of the male and female populations. As noted in the
Millennium Development Goals, women’s equal participation with men in power
and decision making is part of their fundamental right to participate in political life,
and at the core of gender equality and women’s empowerment.1
Women have to be
active participants in determining development agendas.
Women who want to enter politics find that the political, pu
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because the society now also think that woman are not at the position of mens