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Empowering Women Through Gender Quotas

Pragya Rai

Affiliations:

Assistant Professor, Department Of Political Science, Maharaja College, (Veer Kunwar Singh University) Ara, Bihar, INDIA

The paper aims to develop a theoretical view on the multiple effects of gender quotas on women empowerment in the political field. The paper focuses women representatives in local government institutions in Bihar by using qualitative methods. It argues that the reservation for women can be an important impetus to women’s empowerment in India but it is not a guarantee for participation of the elected women. To speed up the process of women’s empowerment it is essential to implement some supplementary policies which encourage the self-confidence of women, build women’s capabilities and remove operational obstacles.

Keywords:
Women empowerment, Gender Quota, Political participation, Bihar, Panchayati Raj

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