10th Class Social Science Gender, Religion and Caste Question Bank Short Answer Type - Gender, Religion and Caste

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    Give a comparative analysis of the political participation of Indian women to that of the world.

    Answer:

    The Political Participation of Indian Women is very less as compared to the world:
    (i) In India, the proportion of women in legislative fora has been very low. For example, the percentage of elected women members in the Lok Sabha has never reached even 10 per cent of its total strength.
    (ii) Their share in the state assemblies is less than 5 per cent. In this respect, India is among the bottom group of nations in the world.
    (iii) India is behind the averages for several developing countries of Africa and Latin America


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