Women in Governance

Need

• Raise Economic Performance: In India, female lawmakers improve economic performance in their districts by around 1.8 percentage points more annually than male lawmakers. Considering that the average growth rate is 7 per cent, the growth premium for female legislators is almost 25%.
• Lessening of the Criminalization of Politics: Male lawmakers are approximately three times more likely than female legislators to have active criminal investigations at the time of their election. This explains the above-mentioned growth disparity.
• Policy Making: Women's and children's interests should be better represented in the formulation of policies. Institutions under the Panchayat Raj system are a good ....