Women Empowerment
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Parliament clears women’s reservation bill
All the 214 members present in the Upper House voted in favour of it.
Scroll Staff
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Women’s reservation bill passed in the Lok Sabha
The bill reserves one-third of the seats in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies for women.
Scroll Staff
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Explainer: When will women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha actually be implemented?
The bill’s execution relies on a delimitation process, which, in turn, hinges upon Census data.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Will the upcoming Indian election be free and fair?
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Women’s reservation bill: Sonia Gandhi demands sub-quota for OBCs
The bill proposes a quota within quota for the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, but there is no such provision for the Other Backward Classes.
Scroll Staff
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Women’s reservation bill introduced in Lok Sabha
The bill proposes to reserve one-third of all seats in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies for women.
Scroll Staff
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Three things I got wrong about patriarchy
The author explains what assumptions she has revised during her research project on why all countries have become more gender equal.
Alice Evans
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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These Pakistani businesswomen are fighting sexism to break into the health tech industry
Entrepreneurship has long been a boys’ club that rarely opens its doors to women in Pakistan. But things are changing.
Zofeen T Ebrahim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Justice Ayesha Malik takes oath as first female judge of Pakistan’s Supreme Court
The 55-year-old judge will now join 16 male colleagues in the Supreme Court.
Scroll Staff
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How women’s self-help groups in rural India are negotiating for jobs, power and space
The convergence between women’s collectives and panchayats is aiding the better implementation of schemes like MGNREGS.
Padmini Ramesh, IndiaSpend.com
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Do cash transfers really empower women? Tamil Nadu election promises spark debate
Both the leading political parties in the state have offered to pay monthly welfare benefits to women heading families.
Aarefa Johari & Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Will the BJP’s plan for a Uniform Civil Code save Muslim women?
It would advance gender equality – if women can claim their equal rights.
Alice Evans
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In the 2021 Budget, India needs to do more to address the challenges faced by women
A gender budget of less than 5% of the total Budget in 2020-’21 reflects the low priority that women empowerment gets.
Apoorva Mahendru & Vikrant Govardhan Wankhede
The Field
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Football: AIFF five-member committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent dis
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj