Women's Reservation Bill

The Women's Reservation Bill or The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill,

Women's Reservation Bill
2008, is a pending bill in the Parliament of India which propose to amend the
Constitution of India to reserve 33% of all seats in the Lower house of
Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, and in all state legislative assemblies for
women. The seats were proposed to be reserved in rotation and would have been
determined by draw of lots in such a way that a seat would be reserved only once
in three consecutive general elections.

The Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 9 March 2010.[1] However, the Lok Sabha
never voted on the bill.[2][3] The bill is still pending as it never went to the Lok
Sabha.[4]

Contents
Enacted by Parliament of India
Women's reservations
See also
Status: Pending

References
External links

Women's reservations
In 1993, a constitutional amendment was passed in India that called for a random one third of village council leader, or Sarpanch,
positions in gram panchayat to be reserved for women.[5]

There is a long-term plan to extend this reservation to parliament and legislative assemblies.[6][7][8] Its opponents consider this
preferential treatment of women in India as discrimination against them in admissions to schools, colleges, and universities.

See also
Women in India
Sexism in India
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

References
1. "Rajya Sabha passes Women's Reservation Bill" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-09/india/281
37030_1_unruly-scenes-women-s-reservation-bill-constitution-amendment-bill). The Times Of India. 9 March
2010.
2. "Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar calls for women's empowerment — Times Of India" (http://articles.timesofindi
a.indiatimes.com/2013-03-09/india/37581570_1_international-women-s-day-women-s-reservation-bill-speaker-m
eira-kumar). Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
 3. "Uproar in India Over Female Lawmaker Quota" (https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/world/asia/10india.html?_r
=0). The New York Times. 9 March 2010.
4. "Bill Track- Women's Reservation Bill [The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008]" (http://www.prsindia.org/b
illtrack/womens-reservation-bill-the-constitution-108th-amendment-bill-2008-45/). www.prsindia.maliniorg.
Retrieved 20 November 2016.
5. Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, and Esther Duflo (2004). "Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a
Randomized Policy Experiment in India" (https://www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/impact-women-policymaker
s-public-goods-india). Econometrica. The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. 72 (5): 1409–43. Retrieved
14 December 2018.
6. Women are seeking 33% reservation in jobs, promotions (http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=13442
5)
7. Women's Bill: What's the fuss about? (http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/24spec2.htm) Rediff 24 August
2005.
8. The reservations business (http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980811/22350054.html), Indian
Express, 11 August 1998.

External links
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