India’s upper house passed a bill Tuesday reserving one-third of national and state legislatures for women. The decision brought chaos to the Parliament floor. A group of regional caste-based parties vehemently moved to block the ruling. This is only one of four hurdles the bill has to pass.
The bill is seeking to improve life for women in India. Inequality is still a serious problem for women in India and similar bills have tried and failed in congress since the 1990’s. of the bill say it will favor wealthy upper-class women and not benefit lower classes and Muslims. Another problem with the bill is that it could allow powerful Indian men to substitute their daughters or wives into expiring congress seats.
Those for the bill say that Indian women are locked in a cultural prison and atrocities happen daily. "Our women face discrimination at home, face domestic violence and face unequal access to education and health care," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the debate. "This all has to end" if India is to realize its full potential for social and economic development.
The historic first hurdle came, coincidentally, one day after National Women’s Day.
The bill is seeking to improve life for women in India. Inequality is still a serious problem for women in India and similar bills have tried and failed in congress since the 1990’s. of the bill say it will favor wealthy upper-class women and not benefit lower classes and Muslims. Another problem with the bill is that it could allow powerful Indian men to substitute their daughters or wives into expiring congress seats.
Those for the bill say that Indian women are locked in a cultural prison and atrocities happen daily. "Our women face discrimination at home, face domestic violence and face unequal access to education and health care," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the debate. "This all has to end" if India is to realize its full potential for social and economic development.
The historic first hurdle came, coincidentally, one day after National Women’s Day.
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