Gender and parliamentary representation in India: The case of violence against women and children

Kalra, Sadhvi; Joshi, Devin K.

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2020.102402

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“…However, women's interests are not homogenous (Celis & Childs, 2012). Kalra & Joshi (2020) argue that women-related issues vary and changes over time. Furthermore, women's interests are not determined solely by gender, but are given further content by age, class, race, sexuality, generational, ethnicity, and religion (Franceschet, 2005;Collins & Chepp, 2013;Hancock, 2014).…”

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“…Respondent 37 stated that "if I do one thing wrong, women are the one who would laugh at you…we do not give support to one another". Kalra and Joshi (2020) contend that women-related issues differ across women and also changes over time. Furthermore, Celis & Childs (2012) pointed out that women are not a homogeneous group so their interests are not homogeneous.…”

Section: Women Supporting Each Other Irrespective Of Political Affiliationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Support Extended to Women Ward Councillors by Stakeholders in South Africa

Majola

2021

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The paper aims to explore how culture, family and community-women have shaped women councillors’ representation and participation in South Africa. It investigates the extent to which women ward councillors are gaining support from their male counterparts; other women councillors irrespective of political affiliation when women-related issues are raised in council meetings. The paper identifies reasons contributing to the non-support by key stakeholders when women-related issues are raised and when performing their duties. Post-1994 in South Africa, women’s participation in politics is still a struggle. The number of women ward councillors have been fluctuating since the local government was reformed between 1995/96. Ward councillors are elected by local communities to represent their respective wards, to be accountable to the community that elected them. The paper is exploratory and qualitative in nature. It focuses on 104 Ward and Proportional Representative (PR) councillors from local municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces. Face-to-face and telephonic interviews were employed. Findings were analyzed using content analysis and themes were induced from the data. The paper revealed that culture is gradually changing due to laws introduced. Also, family support depends on a woman marital status and family involvement in politics. However, males did not support women-related issues, but women ward councillors supported each other irrespective of political affiliation on gender issues. Community-women support councillors through women’s groups and community structures. The factors contributing to the non-support of gender-related matters include women competing with each other and political party influence. Received: 27 January 2021 / Accepted: 15 April 2021 / Published: 10 May 2021

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Section: Women Supporting Each Other Irrespective Of Political Affiliationmentioning

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Support Extended to Women Ward Councillors by Stakeholders in South Africa

Majola

2021

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“…In India, women as legislators are more active in speaking out on behalf of women and children and are more focused on rehabilitating victims [3]. In terms of being a leader, 2020 has been a challenge for leaders worldwide.…”

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Framing Indonesian Women Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mass Media

Ningrum,

Aisyah

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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The reality of women in political leadership is constructed by the mass media, which is then conveyed to the public. Often, the media places women as sexual objects that focus on body shape. On the other hand, the media has the power to influence public opinion, which raises the question of how the media sees women in dealing with crises. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has become a challenge for leaders globally, including women leaders in Indonesia. For this reason, this study focuses on the framing of the handling of COVID-19 by female regional leaders in the Detik.com media in the period March 2, 2020 -September 30, 2021. This study seeks to find out how the framing of female regional leaders in handling COVID-19 in the Detik.com media. The aim is to see how Detik.com media frames women regional leaders in handling COVID-19. This study used a qualitative approach to reality construction and framing theory. Meanwhile, the method employed framing with the analytical model of Zhongdang Pan and Gerald M. Kosicki. The research analysis technique utilized four basic structures: syntax, script, thematic, and rhetorical. For validity, triangulation of data sources was used by comparing the findings from Detik.com with other sources, such as books, journals, the internet, and others. The study results revealed that the framing of female regional leaders by Detik.com contained gender stereotypes and marginalization. In addition, this study also found that women's feminine traits were useful in handling COVID-19. The significance of the research is to show the reality of the media as a result of selection, construction, and reconstruction so that the public must be more critical in receiving information.

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“…The most recent significant discontent on sexual violence against women in India was brought by the Nirbhaya case, which was gang rape with fatal assault of a 23-year old woman in December 2012 in New Delhi, the capital of India [ 3 – 5 ]. This case catalysed widespread public protests in major cities throughout the country against the state and central governments for failing to provide adequate security for women [ 6 ].…”

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Administrative data deficiencies plague understanding of the magnitude of rape-related crimes in Indian women and girls

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Background This paper investigates trends in rape-related crimes against women and girls reported in the Indian administrative data from 2001 to 2018 to assess the burden of crime, describe sub-national variations, and highlight data gaps to address sexual violence effectively in India. Methods Data on five rape-related crimes were extracted from the annual reports of National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB), and included assault with the intent to outrage modesty of woman, rape, insult to the modesty of women, attempt to commit rape, and murder with rape/gang-rape. Rates for all categories combined, and for each crime were estimated for women and girls for India and its states. Trends for type of offender for rape, mean number of people arrested, and legal status of the cases was also assessed. Results The rate of all rape-related crime increased from 11.6 in 2001 to 19.8 in 2018 per 100,000 women and girls. Most of the 70.7% increase in rate between 2001 and 2018 was post 2012 following a gang-rape and murder case in India’s capital. The largest proportion of crimes was recorded as assault with the intent to outrage modesty of the woman, followed by rape. The cited offender in rape cases was for the majority a close known person (44·3%) or other known person (43·1%). By the end of 2018, only 9·6% of the cases had completed trials, with acquittals in 73% cases. Conclusions The wide variations in the yearly crime rates at state-level highlighted significant issues in data quality including under-reporting, non-comparability, possible bias in data reporting in NCRB, definition of rape-related crime in India, and access in reporting of crimes. Addressing barriers to reporting, improving quality and scope of administrative data recorded on sexual violence is urgently needed for India to meet SDG targets of eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls.

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Gender and parliamentary representation in India: The case of violence against women and children

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Support Extended to Women Ward Councillors by Stakeholders in South Africa

Support Extended to Women Ward Councillors by Stakeholders in South Africa

Framing Indonesian Women Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mass Media

Administrative data deficiencies plague understanding of the magnitude of rape-related crimes in Indian women and girls

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