Title:
Women in the Calcutta municipal corporation : a study in the context of the debate on the Women's reservation bill
Authors:
Tawa Lama-Rewal, Stéphanie
Place:
[New Delhi etc.]
Publisher:
French research institutes in India [(CSH/IFP)]
Year:
2001
Journal:
CSH occasional paper
Volume:
no. 2
PAGE:
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Subject:
Gender, Citizenship and Governance
Keywords:
women in politics, political participation, women, municipal government, west bengal, india
Abstract:
In the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC),quotas, 33% of seats, for women have been implemented under the Women's Reservation Bill since 1995. This study assess the results and tests major arguments expressed during the debate about women's quota's.
URL:
http://www.csh-delhi.com/publications/downloads/ops/OP2.pdf
Document type:
Portal