Youth and Women Participation in Electoral Politics: In preparation for General Elections 2024

ADR & Maharashtra Election Watch organised the 16th Annual National Conference on Electoral & Political Reforms on 15th and 16th July 2023. We hold this annual event in a different state capital every year. This time, we held it at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in Pune, Maharashtra.
Agenda of the event: bit.ly/47ajVTr
Day 2 Session 1: The session on "Youth and Women Participation in Electoral Politics: In preparation for General Elections 2024" was organised on 16th July 2023. The focus areas of this session were:
- Unique entry barriers to female political participation
- Tickets to untainted young male and female candidates over dynastic candidates or those with muscle/money power
- Gap between low women representation and high women participation
- 33% Women Reservation in Lok Sabha & Assemblies still pending- Why political parties resist women empowerment?
- 65% of the Indian population is under 35 years of age but only 12% MPs are below 40 years of age. What measures can be undertaken to enhance the role of young politicians in designing policies for better governance?
Chairperson - Dr Kiran B. Chhokar (Trustee-ADR/National Election Watch (NEW))
Panelists:
1. Dr Chaitra Redkar (Associate Professor-Humanities and Social Sciences, Dy. Chair, and Associate Dean at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune)
2. Dr Sonia Bhaidas Nagarale (Associate Professor at the Department of Law, Savitribai Phule Pune University)
3. Ms Angellica Aribam (Founder, Femme First Foundation)
4. Prof Sridhar Pabbisetty (Senior Director of School of Government, MIT-World Peace University, Pune)
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