UN Report Supports Women Quota in Indian Parliament

There are few down side to this goodwill, like there are these grievances that the reservation may encourage the higher class women, penalizing the others by underrepresentation. Also the concern with sexual discrimination on the bases of reserved seats felt by men has made it a sensitive issue, which has occurred in other cases of reservation.

In many countries it was found that between 2000 and 2010 there was a jump of 10 percent on an average in the ratio of women in the legislature. Considering the educational improvement for women affecting the number of women in parliament, the report measured a rise of 5 percent, which was due to the quota.

The report said “The uses of reserved seats for women members or gender quotas for candidates generally expand women’s representation”.

India can take Nepal as a good example for reserving seats for women in parliament, which has boomed to 33 percent from 6 percent by 2010. Nepal is at 21^st position on the global survey, just above Germany. India is at 109^th place, with Liberia and the Ivory Coast sharing the same spot. Taking the top spot is Rwanda. Following Rwanda is Andorra and Cuba.