by NWMI | Dec 1, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Features, Gender, Media & Elections
By Hepzi Anthony The Mahayuti alliance won on the back of women who voted in large numbers to show their appreciation for women-focussed schemes—but the number of women in the state assembly has dropped. The Mahayuti alliance’s landslide victory in the recent 2024...
by NWMI | Oct 6, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By वर्षा सिंह पुरुषों के वर्चस्व वाले खेल कुश्ती की पहलवान विनेश फोगाट हरियाणा विधानसभा चुनाव 2024 में जिंद के जुलाना विधानसभा सीट से पहली बार राजनीतिक मैदान में उतरी हैं। पेरिस ओलंपिक में स्वर्ण या रजत पदक की प्रबल दावेदार विनेश हरियाणा के राजनीतिक दंगल में...
by NWMI | Oct 6, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Varsha Singh Haryana contributed the most number of women to India’s 2024 Paris Olympics contingent – of the 117 athletes who represented the country in the Olympics this year, 24 were from Haryana, and 14 of them were women. However, when it comes to politics, the...
by NWMI | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 Assembly Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Parvathi Benu From the first election to the Haryana state assembly in 1967 after the state was carved out of Punjab in 1966 to the one in 2019, a total of 839 candidates have become elected representatives. Of this 839, just 69 women – a measly 8% – have been...
by Ammu Joseph | Jun 20, 2024 | 2024 Parliamentary Elections, Gender, Media & Elections
By Ammu Joseph In the lead-up to the 2024 general elections in India, The Hindu’s data team had charted the trajectory of women’s representation in parliaments across the world. According to them, even though women’s representation in political spheres improved in the...
