FIFTY PERCENT POLITICAL RESERVATION AMONG WOMEN IN LSG - A STUDY AMONG MUSLIM WOMEN IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT

Ashly K. Ramachandran
Political Participation Fifty percentage political reservation Muslim women Islamic History

Abstract

The 73rd constitutional amendment symbolized one of the drastic changes in the
history or epochs. The 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments offered 33 percent
reservation quota for women political representation in the local self Govt bodies at
the urban and rural level(Sundar, 2012). This quota system is to enhance the status of
women in the mainstream society. The political participation as a symbol of women
empowerment is regarded as a key driver of the social and economic empowerment of
women. Today thanks to this thousands of women contest in the elections, and get
themselves elected in each five years which brings out the impact of the reservation
system, which indicates the impact of the reservation system. The quota system has
enabled women to enter into the public and political arena. The reservation bill passed
by Rajya Sabha the upper house of the parliament in 2010. Kerala Govt also passed
the bill approving reservation from 33 percent to 50 percent. But in Lok Sabha the
Women political reservation bill has notbeen passed yet. The present study examines
the opinion about fifty percentage political reservation among the Muslim women
political representatives in Thiruvananthapuram District

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