Women comprise almost half of the country’s population, but have only 14.4% of Lok Sabha seats and, worse, at the state level with only 9% of Vidhan Sabha seats. If women are represented in critical mass in state assemblies, not only women related to women would receive attention, but their experiences lived would enrich and balance the law and formulation of general policies in the State.
Can our country be truly democratic and inclusive if women do not get as many seats as men in Parliament where the fate of our nation is carved and rewritten? Toi asked this burning question to all the citizens of Bihar, throwing Aadhe Hum, Aadha will humble to talk about the inherent right of women to have half of the seats. For every 10 men, there are less than 1 woman in our Vidhan Sabhas. Women face multiple problems throughout the country related to law and order, water, health, employment, etc. If they are not well represented in Parliament, how will your problems be addressed?
Bihar’s elections were the first mass survey in India after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country. More than seventy million of their men and women voted to choose a new government in the middle of a furious battle against COVID-19. I greet this great tradition of citizens who form a government of their own choice through the ballots, The Times of India began a campaign to raise awareness and sensitize Bihar voters about how women can obtain full justice in our democratic system .
The Toi ‘Aadhe Hum campaign, Aadha Humara’ included a detailed editorial report on the success rate of women against men in assembly surveys, a digital public interest film and a series of ads in Toi. This initiative was compatible not only in printing, but also the toi digital platform, radio, social networks, to guarantee a broader and maximum possible scope. Women leaders of three main political parties in Bihar (BJP, JDU and RJD), two civil society groups (a social activist of Oxfam India, an award -winning Padmashree of Nari Gunjan) and Shakti, a non -partisan citizens pressure group, non -partisan citizens, A pressure group of non -partisan citizens work to obtain more women in state assemblies and Parliament spoke in support in support of a better representation of women in politics.
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In order for politicians to be impossible to take a blind eye, towards the women capable and available in Grassroots, Shakti partnered with Toi to create a movement called, the selfie nominate -me. When associating with the NGOs at the base level, the word extended and urged women leaders to send their local selfies to their local leader in Parliament, asking to be nominated. The screens, newspapers and public awareness were flooded with the faces of women’s leaders and their important development achievements, lighting a movement of grassroots women. The young Bihari women began to label their leaders demanding more candidates in state elections. As hundreds of selfies began to see themselves caught the attention of the media, which led to Toi amplified a state phenomenon in a national problem.
Toi also released a public interest film of 80 seconds in the local dialect (Bhojpuri and Maithili) to reach the masses that created a great buzz and became viral in a few days in Bihar.
THE PRINTING ANGY
Women have been voting for a higher percentage than men in the elections of the assembly shown, a greater interest in political participation. Even so, Party gave only 10% tickets to women in the last elections of Bihar Vidhan Sabha, which led to a tiny 11% of women in the assembly. The campaign realized that it is success when the Janta Dal United party presented 22 candidates (~ 20% of the candidates) in the election of the Bihar 2020 Assembly. This is the largest number of physical candidates repressed by any party politician in the elections of the Bihar Assembly.
This is the motivation for citizen intervention to persuade and press players to provide greater opportunities for women in politics.