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They were very successful in their pleas, causing the India Office to be inundated with resolutions of support for women's suffrage in India. [29] Tata and her daughter participated in a second presentation before the Joint Select Committee on 13 October [12] and were present for the final reading of the Government of India Act in December 1919 ...
The Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 9 March 2010, is a bill passed in the Parliament of India which says to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 1/3 of all seats in the lower house of Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for women. [1]
India: Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 was passed. India: The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 was passed. Panama: enacts Law 82 – Typifying Femicide and Violence Against Women (Ley 82 – Tipifica el Femicidio y la Violencia contra las Mujeres). [304]
This legislation seeks to allocate 33 percent of the seats in the directly elected Lok Sabha, State legislative assemblies and Delhi legislative assembly [a] for women. [5] The bill is the possible culmination of a legislative debate that had been ongoing for 27 years, including the lapsed Women's Reservation Bill (2010), due to the lack of ...
Turnout for women during India's 2014 parliamentary general elections was 65.63%, compared to 67.09% turnout for men. [13] In 16 out of 29 states of India, more women voted than men. [13] A total of 260.6 million women exercised their right to vote in April–May 2014 elections for India's parliament. [citation needed]
Cousins secured an audience with Montagu to present the political demands of women. On 15 December 1917, [12] Sarojini Naidu led a deputation of 14 leading women from throughout India to present the call to include women's suffrage in the new Franchise Bill under development by the Government of India.
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After a three-year stint in England from 1895 to 1898, Naidu became involved in the Indian Independence movement and various women’s causes tied to the nationalist movement, such as women’s suffrage. [25] She spoke on its behalf in public forums around the world as an ambassador and spokeswoman of Indian nationalism. [26]