Title: Political representation and empowerment : women in the institutions of local government in Orissa after the 73rd Amendment to the Indian constitution

Authors: Hust, Evelin

Place: Heidelberg

Publisher: University of Heidelberg. Department of political science. South Asia institute

Year: 2002

Journal: Heidelberg papers in South Asian and comparative politics. Working paper

Volume: no. 6

PAGE: --

Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, political participation, panchayat, empowerment, india, orissa

Abstract: This study on the effects of women's quotas in politics in Orissa, India, shows that quota for women is indeed an important impetus to women's empowerment in rural India, but that the process will take a long time and that the goal of women's empowerment will not be secured by the quota alone.

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