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In News: The biggest festival of democracy that is General Elections has begun in India and almost 50 per cent of the total 90 crore voters this time are women. The turnout of women voters has seen a rapid increase over the last few years with the highest being at 65.5 per cent in the previous Lok Sabha elections.
However, the scenario is entirely different when we talk about political equality to women. According to a study conducted by Association of Democratic Reforms less than 10 per cent of the candidates who contested elections in the recent past are women. This is a far cry from the demand to give 33 per cent reservation to women in political parties and government.
For the General election this time, so far two regional parties have announced reservation for women in ticket distribution - Biju Janta Dal in Odisha has given 33 percent and Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has given 41.5 per cent of its tickets to women candidates.
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India ranks 153 out of 190 nations in the percentage of women in the lower house of world parliaments.
How does it matter?
What needs to be done to have more women in Parliament?
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Note: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was the first Indian woman to contest an election.
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