Poverty and marginalisation : challenges to poor women's leadership in urban India

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_64DC64B5B20E
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Poverty and marginalisation : challenges to poor women's leadership in urban India
Périodique
Gender & Development
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Ishwar Haritas K.
ISSN
1355-2074
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
10/2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
16
Numéro
3
Pages
457-469
Langue
anglais
Résumé
This article examines the women's quota at the local governance level in urban India, using several case studies of women municipal councillors, to question the evidently low numbers of poor and marginalised women amongst them. It examines issues of class, caste, and religion that have a direct impact on the access of poor women to quotas reserved for them at the local government level. The objective of this work is to draw attention to the specific ways in which women are constrained at the pre-election stage, resulting in an elite capture of the women's quota in India, indicating the need for further research and study on this issue.
Mots-clé
gender, religion, caste, class, women, politics, election, quota, affirmative action, identity, leadership
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