Women Empowerment through Reservation in Panchayati Raj Institutions in Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

The women constitute half of the society. The feudal attitudes of looking down upon the abilities of women and not promoting them is still continuing in different degrees at various levels of our society. Present article is an attempt to analyse the situation of women representation in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PR/s) in•Himachal Pradesh. With the increasing violence against women in our society, it becomes necessary to find out the problems of our society regarding women and give valuable suggestions to deal with the problem. To give the representation to the women in local self-government is also a step to move forward in the direction of women empowerment. Our society cannot run without women. A woman plays several roles like mother, wife, sister, and daughter in our society. Therefore, it is the duty of everyone to respect them equally.

Can Reservation Ensure Women’s Participation in Local Governance: A Study Among Tiwas

“…The situation is worst, particularly in the case of tribal women (Mishra, 2018; Nagarajappa & Chidananda, 2019; Naik et al, 2020; Sukumar et al, 2019). So according to them, numbers of several factors are associated with less effectiveness of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, which includes existing patriarchy (Agnihotri & Singh, 2014; Sukumar et al, 2019), family background (Mishra, 2018; Nagarajappa & Chidananda, 2019), lack of education and training (Agnihotri & Singh, 2014; Mohapatra, 2016; Nagarajappa & Chidananda, 2019) and rigid tradition (Nagarajappa & Chidananda, 2019).…”