ONE – DAY STATE LEVEL WORKSHOP
ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Conducted by
THE TAMIL NADU DR. AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY
Political Empowerment of Women By
Dr.K.Balasubramanian Thought leader, Transformation coach
CEO, www.visionunimited.in
9840027810
Manu Dharma Shastra
Manu's saying that – "Yatra naryastu pujyante ramante tatra Devata, yatraitaastu na pujyante sarvaastatrafalaah kriyaah"
Manusmriti 3.56 – which translated
reads : "whenever women are given
their due respect, even the deities
like to reside there and where they
are not respected, all action remains
unfruitful."
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Women who made India proud
• Sita Devi
• Draupadi
• Kunti
• Shakuntala
• Sant Meera
• Jijabai
• Jhansi Rani
• Aandaal Naachiyar
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India produced…
• Indira Gandhi
• Shakuntala Devi
• M.S.Subbulakshmi
• Lata Mangeshkar
• Parveen Sultana
• Kishori Amonkar
• D.K.Pattammal
• Kasutirbai
• Padma Subramaniam
• Mallika Sarabhai
• Jayalalitha
• Sushma Swaraj and many more
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The list continues…
• P.T.Usha
• Kalpana Chawla
• Sania Mirza
• Saina Nehwal
• Sumati Iyer
• Mari kom
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Indian Women Entrepreneurs/CEOs
• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
• Ekta Kapoor
• Aishwarya Nair
• Swati Parimal
• Rajashree Pathi
• Radhika Roy
• Farah khan
• Vandana Luthra
• Indra Nooyi
• Indu Jain
• Priya Paul
• Mallika Srinivasan
• Neelam Dhawan
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Richest Indian women
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Arundati Roy, writer and
social activist
Devyani Khobragade, a
diplomat and women's rights
activist
Mirai Chatterjee,
Indian Social Activist
Punita Arora, the first
lieutenant general of the Indian
Army
Pinky Anand
Additional Solicitor
Of India
Major Priya Jhingan -
OIC And Judge
Advocate General
Women Justice From
Mumbai
Medha Patkar, Indian
Social Activist
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Saluting the brave men who fought
for women in India
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Bhimrao Ambedkar
• Thanthai Periyar
• Mahakavi Bharathi
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• Ishwar Chander
• Vidyasagar
• Jyothirao Phule
• Haribilas Sarda
• Maharishi Karve
• Jawaharlal Nehru
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Women in Politics…
The Indian Constitution guarantees it, but the reality is little different. Despite being a proponent of gender equity, India is yet to become a nation wherein women have proportional representation in politics. The Parliament hasn’t seen a fair percentage of women members that can vindicate the nation’s stand on giving a level playing field to women in politics.
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Larger Women Representation in
Parliament - Need of the Hour
With gender-based violence
ripping the country apart and
appalling apathy becoming more
and more evident across political
class, it is argued that greater
representation of women in
Parliament will see an end to it.
Even during the campaigning for
the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections,
most of the parties had vouched
to bring in more reforms and
make laws more ‘women-
friendly.’
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Women Representation in Parliament
• In India only in 1957 out of 494 seats, 45 contested and 22 elected – 4.45%
• In 1991 543 seats. 326 contested. 37 elected. 7.10%
• In 2004 543 seats. 355 contested. 45 elected. 8.29%
• In 2009 543 seats. 556 contested. 59 women selected. 10.82%
• In 2014 – 543 seats. 66 elected. 12.15% (16th Lok Sabha)
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Rajya Sabha list Of Women Members M.Vasanthi, Sathyabama, Maragatham,and R.Vanaroja (AIADMK) are the only representatives from TN in Parliament.
Rajya Sabha list of Women Members :
Total Woman Members : - 30 Total Members : - 241
Sasikala Pushpa, Kanimozhi and Vijila Sathyananth are The three Women Representatives from TN In Rajya Sabha.
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Six women Union Ministers in the
present Government
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What is to be done to empower? The entire process has to be streamlined and strengthened with financial support and training to develop leaders. The present quota system at the local level based on gender, caste, etc. is largely abused by men. School curriculum, colleges, and MLAs, MPs not connected to men leaders have to be developed through genuine education and skills with scholarships, training programs and centres of study, research, degrees like Bachelor and Master of Public Admin, Leadership, etc.
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Why not? What stops?
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Who holds the wings?
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Need to show strength
• Educating women
• No working mom guilt
• No fear of societal pressure
• Dare to question and fight for rights
• Overcome men’s interference
• Need more women representation beyond gender bias
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Let us respect all women
(Sarvam Shakti Mayam)
• Our Mother
• Wife
• Sister
• Daughter
• Grand daughter
• Neighbor lady
• Women colleagues
• Women teachers
• Women students
• Women leaders
• All women in our life
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