Politics over needs: Women’s struggle for political recognition
Author(s): Sonia Shahni
Abstract: The majority of the world countries have implemented policies designed to advanced the political representation of women or the minority groups. In Indian context, the reservation policies for women in local government politics are implemented during the 90’s. The article tried to argued, how these policies affect the status of women/minority women in society? The piece draws an attention based on the analysis of gender differentiation in Panchayati Raj Institutions and the role of women representatives in local government politics. Does the policies of quota implies the positive impacts to the women representatives in politics? The feminist theories tried to promote the quota system as inclusiveness and the rights of women in a state.
Sonia Shahni. Politics over needs: Women’s struggle for political recognition. Int J Political Sci Governance 2026;8(1):113-116. DOI: 10.33545/26646021.2026.v8.i1b.839
