Essays about: "73rd amendment"

Found 2 essays containing the words 73rd amendment.

  1. 1. The Impact of a Quota System on Women’s Empowerment - A field study in West Bengal, India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Joakim Persson; [2009]
    Keywords : empowerment; Leadership; India; women; power; local; democracy; panchayat; West; Bengal; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Women’s empowerment is thought to be one of the main issues when talking about gender equality, economic growth and poverty in the academic world today. In India many states are using a reservation bill to ensure women’s participation in the political decision-making at local level. READ MORE

  3. 2. Women in the Panchayats - A study of gender structures and the impact of the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Redlund; [2005]
    Keywords : Quotas; Reservation; India; Gender; Empowerment; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 1993 the 73rd Amendment to the Indian Constitution came into force, affecting the Indian rural governing bodies, the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The Amendment, at focal point for this thesis, provides a 33% reservation for women as members and as chairperson in the PRI's three-tier system. READ MORE