The 2019 general elections have opened the doors of the Parliament of India to many women from humble backgrounds

Women cannot be locked up behind walls and expected to be docile. They will speak up, as is conveyed through these lines from Kishwar Naheed

A bill for women’s suffrage was presented to the Provincial Assembly of Bengal in 1921.

I grew up in North India where this duality of everyone having a political opinion and concluding with ‘Politics is a dirty game’ always exi

The 2017 local elections marked a historic moment for women’s inclusion in the politics of Nepal, with 40% of women voted in the local govts

Legal reforms since Pakistan’s independence have created pathways for women participation in the political arena, augmented by civil society

“Women” as catalysts for change in the political arena is a fairly new idea.

On several occasions, Sasmit Patra has raised the discussion on women's reservation bill in the Rajya Sabha.