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Why did Indian lawmakers vote against ensuring more women in parliament?

  • Written by: Mandar Oak, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Adelaide University
Why did Indian lawmakers vote against ensuring more women in parliament?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a rare defeat last week after a bill to reserve one-third of seats in the lower house of parliament for women failed to get enough support.

The bill was paired with another piece of legislation that would have set in motion the process of redrawing India’s electoral map, increasing the size of the...

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