Political Empowerment of Women

ONE – DAY STATE LEVEL WORKSHOP

ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Conducted by

THE TAMIL NADU DR. AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY

Political Empowerment of Women By

Dr.K.Balasubramanian Thought leader, Transformation coach

CEO, www.visionunimited.in

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Manu Dharma Shastra

Manu's saying that – "Yatra naryastu pujyante ramante tatra Devata, yatraitaastu na pujyante sarvaastatrafalaah kriyaah"

Manusmriti 3.56 – which translated

reads : "whenever women are given

their due respect, even the deities

like to reside there and where they

are not respected, all action remains

unfruitful."

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Women who made India proud

• Sita Devi

• Draupadi

• Kunti

• Shakuntala

• Sant Meera

• Jijabai

• Jhansi Rani

• Aandaal Naachiyar


India produced…

• Indira Gandhi

• Shakuntala Devi

• M.S.Subbulakshmi

• Lata Mangeshkar

• Parveen Sultana

• Kishori Amonkar

• D.K.Pattammal

• Kasutirbai

• Padma Subramaniam

• Mallika Sarabhai

• Jayalalitha

• Sushma Swaraj and many more


The list continues…

• P.T.Usha

• Kalpana Chawla

• Sania Mirza

• Saina Nehwal

• Sumati Iyer

• Mari kom


Indian Women Entrepreneurs/CEOs

• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

• Ekta Kapoor

• Aishwarya Nair

• Swati Parimal

• Rajashree Pathi

• Radhika Roy

• Farah khan

• Vandana Luthra

• Indra Nooyi

• Indu Jain

• Priya Paul

• Mallika Srinivasan

• Neelam Dhawan


Richest Indian women


Arundati Roy, writer and

social activist

Devyani Khobragade, a

diplomat and women's rights

activist

Mirai Chatterjee,

Indian Social Activist

Punita Arora, the first

lieutenant general of the Indian

Army

Pinky Anand

Additional Solicitor

Of India

Major Priya Jhingan -

OIC And Judge

Advocate General

Women Justice From

Mumbai

Medha Patkar, Indian

Social Activist


Saluting the brave men who fought

for women in India

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Bhimrao Ambedkar

• Thanthai Periyar

• Mahakavi Bharathi

• Raja Ram Mohan Roy

• Ishwar Chander

• Vidyasagar

• Jyothirao Phule

• Haribilas Sarda

• Maharishi Karve

• Jawaharlal Nehru


Women in Politics…

The Indian Constitution guarantees it, but the reality is little different. Despite being a proponent of gender equity, India is yet to become a nation wherein women have proportional representation in politics. The Parliament hasn’t seen a fair percentage of women members that can vindicate the nation’s stand on giving a level playing field to women in politics.


Larger Women Representation in

Parliament - Need of the Hour

With gender-based violence

ripping the country apart and

appalling apathy becoming more

and more evident across political

class, it is argued that greater

representation of women in

Parliament will see an end to it.

Even during the campaigning for

the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections,

most of the parties had vouched

to bring in more reforms and

make laws more ‘women-

friendly.’


Women Representation in Parliament

• In India only in 1957 out of 494 seats, 45 contested and 22 elected – 4.45%

• In 1991 543 seats. 326 contested. 37 elected. 7.10%

• In 2004 543 seats. 355 contested. 45 elected. 8.29%

• In 2009 543 seats. 556 contested. 59 women selected. 10.82%

• In 2014 – 543 seats. 66 elected. 12.15% (16th Lok Sabha)


Rajya Sabha list Of Women Members M.Vasanthi, Sathyabama, Maragatham,and R.Vanaroja (AIADMK) are the only representatives from TN in Parliament.

Rajya Sabha list of Women Members :

Total Woman Members : - 30 Total Members : - 241

Sasikala Pushpa, Kanimozhi and Vijila Sathyananth are The three Women Representatives from TN In Rajya Sabha.


Six women Union Ministers in the

present Government


What is to be done to empower? The entire process has to be streamlined and strengthened with financial support and training to develop leaders. The present quota system at the local level based on gender, caste, etc. is largely abused by men. School curriculum, colleges, and MLAs, MPs not connected to men leaders have to be developed through genuine education and skills with scholarships, training programs and centres of study, research, degrees like Bachelor and Master of Public Admin, Leadership, etc.


Why not? What stops?


Who holds the wings?


Need to show strength

• Educating women

• No working mom guilt

• No fear of societal pressure

• Dare to question and fight for rights

• Overcome men’s interference

• Need more women representation beyond gender bias


Let us respect all women

(Sarvam Shakti Mayam)

• Our Mother

• Wife

• Sister

• Daughter

• Grand daughter

• Neighbor lady

• Women colleagues

• Women teachers

• Women students

• Women leaders

• All women in our life


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