Even as women are being given a seat at the table, the seat seemingly comes with its own set of terms and conditions. The varying cultural and social standards for men and women are built on the assumption that they are different and that is where our problem lies.
The passage of Nari Shaki Vandan Adhiniyam needs to be placed within the predominant political discourse that seeks to ‘respect, protect and venerate’ women, while remaining oblivious to the ways in which they are excluded from work, subjected to violence and targeted and trolled for being confident and having an opinion
The APSA acknowledged Bhumi Purohit s research into behavioural and institutional barriers to women’s political representation and public service delivery.