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Women's Rights

Anger, disquiet among women at the backlash against the ‘mothers of Nagaland’

Tribal groups opposed to reservation for women in civic bodies have denounced the Naga Mothers’ Association, a respected feminist group, as ‘unmandated’.

Rokibuz Zaman
· Apr 20, 2023 · 06:30 am
SC stays Nagaland order cancelling local body polls with 33% quota for women

The elections were scheduled to be held on May 16, but the government decided not to hold them following protests against the reservation by tribal groups.

Scroll Staff
· Apr 05, 2023 · 04:42 pm
In Nagaland, tribal groups force cancellation of civic polls with reservations for women – yet again

They claim quotas violate the special protections afforded to the state under Article 371(A) of the Constitution.

Rokibuz Zaman
· Apr 02, 2023 · 06:30 am

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