Women aspirants demand more tickets

Women demand more tickets from their parties for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 Women party workers are demanding more tickets for the post of Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA’s) from their parties. Meanwhile, parties say tickets will be given on winnability and other criterion and not just gender. “These elections will decide the power […]

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Parties woo women voters

Key political parties are developing welfare schemes, especially for women. In the upcoming Legislative Assembly Election, the focus of political parties across Karnataka is more on women’s empowerment. Neeraj Shritar, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) member said, “The current political situation requires women power.” He added that in the upcoming election, 15 percent of seats […]

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BMTC has no plans to reintroduce pink buses

The state’s transport corporation had launched exclusive buses for women but discontinued them due to poor ridership. The government planned to reintroduce them again but so far it has not. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) does not plan to reintroduce pink buses for women, an official from BMTC said.. The buses were discontinued due […]

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One Stop Center functional yet unreachable to women

Women get to know about the centers only from police stations or hospitals. The Nirbhaya Kendra –SakhiOne Stop Center (OCS) in Bangalore remains unreachable to women who are subject to abuse and violence.The existing helpline numbers including 181 remain out of service and women are still unaware of the services. A victim of domestic abuse […]

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No sexual abuse complaints, few committees

Local committees are supposed to be constituted under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. However, many structural problems hamper the functioning of the committees. Lack of awareness about the functioning of Local Complaints Committees (LCC) is resulting in low registration of complaints. No official data is available on […]

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Women’s unemployment spikes up by 340 percent

Unemployment in Karnataka has increased by 2.6 times due to the increase in the women’s unemployment rate. The female unemployment rate in Karnataka has increased by 342 percent, which ultimately drove up the overall unemployment rate in the state by 2.6 times. This increase is indicated in the data by the Centre for Monitoring Indian […]

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