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1. hemen parekh says

   March 30, 2014 at 10:46 am

   Nothing But Despair ?

   Do forthcoming Lok Sabha elections hold anything but despair for the women of India ?

   Unfortunate , but I don’t think so

   Optimists may want to look at the following statistics :

   Lok Sabha of / No of Women Contestants / Winners / Percentage

   > 1957 / 45 / 27 / 60 %
   > 1967 / 67 / 30 / 45 %
   > 1980 / 142 / 28 / 20 %
   > 1998 / 274 / 43 / 16 %
   > 1999 / 296 / 52 / 17 %
   > 2004 / 355 / 45 / 13 %
   > 2009 / 556 / 59 / 10 %
   > 2014 ? 600 ? 60 ? 10 % ?

   My reasons for despair :

   > Even though marginally more number of women may contest in 2014 ,
   the percentage of women winners may either remain same or decline

   > Apparently – and sadly – women voters ( nearly 400+ million ) will
   continue to vote for male candidates

   > With a male-dominated Lok Sabha , Women’s Reservation Bill , which is
   pending for the past 40 years , will continue to remain pending for next
   40 years

   > With 11 % women in Lok Sabha , India ranks 111th out of 185 countries
   when it comes to women representation in parliaments of these countries

   > Criminalization of politics will continue as before , despite the fact that ,in
   the current Lok Sabha , only 6 women MPs have ” Criminal Cases ”
   pending against them , as against 161 male MPs who have such a
   reputation !

   Is there any hope ?

   Yes ,

   > If all women members of 7 National level and 34 Regional level political
   parties resign en-masse from their current parties and come together to
   form WAR ( Women And Rights ) party

   > Accept only women as members of this WAR party

   > Put up women candidates for all 543 Lok Sabha seats ( too late for 2014 )

   > Persuade women voters not to vote for any male candidate

   WOMEN OF INDIA ,

   If you think , by some magic , male-dominated Lok Sabha will hand-over to
   you EQUALITY on a platter , then forget it

   You are fooling no one but yourself !

   Don’t expect the males to gift you , your RIGHTS

   You will need to forcefully snatch away what is rightfully , yours !

   Empower Yourself !

   Stop self – pity and ask yourself ,

   ” How come a developing African country like RWANDA , has 60 % members of its parliament , women ? ”

   * hemen parekh ( 30 March 2014 / Mumbai )

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