RESERVATION OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT
AUTHOR – KHYATI SWETANG JOSHI, STUDENT AT MKES COLLEGE OF LAW
BEST CITATION – KHYATI SWETANG JOSHI, RESERVATION OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (3) OF 2025, PG. 24-29, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
This article is published in the collaborated special issue of M.K.E.S. College of Law and the Institute of Legal Education (ILE), titled “Women’s Rights and Legal Reforms” (ISBN: 978-81-968842-4-6). .
ABSTRACT:
The reservation of seats for women in parliament may be a vital step towards accomplishing gender balance in legislative issues. In spite of comprising half of the populace, women’s representation in authoritative bodies remains wretchedly. This unique investigates the concept of reservation for women in parliament, its benefits, and the challenges related with its implementation. Women’s underrepresentation in legislative issues could be a worldwide wonder. In India, in spite of the 73rd and 74th Protected Corrections saving one-third of seats for women in administration, women’s representation in parliament remains restricted. The Bill called as the “Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ has been hailed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who hailed the transit of the women’s quantity charge, calling it a “defining moment in our nation’s law-based journey”.[1]Reservation of seats for women in parliament could be a significant step towards accomplishing gender uniformity in legislative issues. Whereas challenges continue, the benefits of women’s cooperation in legislative issues are verifiable. Actualizing and fortifying reservation arrangements can offer assistance advance gender uniformity and empower women to gotten to be dynamic members within the policymaking prepare.
Keywords: women empowerment, women representation in parliament, reserve seat of women.
[1] https://legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/editors-desk/women-now-have-1/3rd-seats-reserved-in-the-worlds-largest-democracy/103863151