The TOI has an interesting response to Sarah Palin’s nomination: the examination of political tokenism of women in India.
“A patriarchal ethos dominates both the societies, American and Indian, but they operate in different ways. In India, despite the patriarchal ethos, powerful women leaders have emerged,” says political scientist Imtiaz Ahmed.
The most famous examples are BSP [...]
India’s female politicians
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: GOI · Renuka Chowdhury · culture · empowerment · gender bias · gender roles and division of labour · leadership · politics
Gulabi Gang video
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Tags: activism · empowerment · feminism · legal issues · violence against women/harrassment
