The document discusses the political empowerment of women in India. It begins by highlighting several influential women from Indian history and mythology. It then lists many famous Indian women from various fields such as politics, entertainment, sports, science, and business. The document notes that while the Indian constitution guarantees women's representation, they remain underrepresented in politics. It provides statistics on increasing but still low female representation in parliament over time. Finally, it argues that further empowering women politically requires strengthening support systems and overcoming social and cultural barriers that limit women's participation.

1. ONE – DAY STATE LEVEL WORKSHOP
ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Conducted by
THE TAMIL NADU DR. AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY
Political Empowerment of Women
By
Dr.K.Balasubramanian
Thought leader, Transformation coach
CEO, www.visionunimited.in
9840027810

2. Manu Dharma Shastra
Manu's saying that – "Yatra naryastu
pujyante ramante tatra Devata,
yatraitaastu na pujyante
sarvaastatrafalaah kriyaah"
Manusmriti 3.56 – which translated
reads : "whenever women are given
their due respect, even the deities
like to reside there and where they
are not respected, all action remains
unfruitful."
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3. Women who made India proud
• Sita Devi
• Draupadi
• Kunti
• Shakuntala
• Sant Meera
• Jijabai
• Jhansi Rani
• Aandaal Naachiyar
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4. India produced…
• Indira Gandhi
• Shakuntala Devi
• M.S.Subbulakshmi
• Lata Mangeshkar
• Parveen Sultana
• Kishori Amonkar
• D.K.Pattammal
• Kasutirbai
• Padma Subramaniam
• Mallika Sarabhai
• Jayalalitha
• Sushma Swaraj and many more
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5. The list continues…
• P.T.Usha
• Kalpana Chawla
• Sania Mirza
• Saina Nehwal
• Sumati Iyer
• Mari kom
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6. Indian Women Entrepreneurs/CEOs
• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
• Ekta Kapoor
• Aishwarya Nair
• Swati Parimal
• Rajashree Pathi
• Radhika Roy
• Farah khan
• Vandana Luthra
• Indra Nooyi
• Indu Jain
• Priya Paul
• Mallika Srinivasan
• Neelam Dhawan
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7. Richest Indian women
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8. Arundati Roy, writer and
social activist
Devyani Khobragade, a
diplomat and women's rights
activist
Mirai Chatterjee,
Indian Social Activist
Punita Arora, the first
lieutenant general of the Indian
Army
Pinky Anand
Additional Solicitor
Of India
Major Priya Jhingan -
OIC And Judge
Advocate General
Women Justice From
Mumbai
Medha Patkar, Indian
Social Activist
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9. Saluting the brave men who fought
for women in India
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Bhimrao Ambedkar
• Thanthai Periyar
• Mahakavi Bharathi
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• Ishwar Chander
• Vidyasagar
• Jyothirao Phule
• Haribilas Sarda
• Maharishi Karve
• Jawaharlal Nehru
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10. Women in Politics…
The Indian Constitution
guarantees it, but the reality is
little different. Despite being a
proponent of gender equity,
India is yet to become a nation
wherein women have
proportional representation in
politics. The Parliament hasn’t
seen a fair percentage of
women members that can
vindicate the nation’s stand on
giving a level playing field to
women in politics.
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11. Larger Women Representation in
Parliament - Need of the Hour
With gender-based violence
ripping the country apart and
appalling apathy becoming more
and more evident across political
class, it is argued that greater
representation of women in
Parliament will see an end to it.
Even during the campaigning for
the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections,
most of the parties had vouched
to bring in more reforms and
make laws more ‘women-
friendly.’
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12. Women Representation in Parliament
• In India only in 1957 out of 494
seats, 45 contested and 22 elected
– 4.45%
• In 1991 543 seats. 326 contested.
37 elected. 7.10%
• In 2004 543 seats. 355 contested.
45 elected. 8.29%
• In 2009 543 seats. 556 contested.
59 women selected. 10.82%
• In 2014 – 543 seats. 66 elected.
12.15% (16th Lok Sabha)
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13. Rajya Sabha list Of Women Members
M.Vasanthi, Sathyabama,
Maragatham,and R.Vanaroja
(AIADMK) are the only
representatives from TN in
Parliament.
Rajya Sabha list of Women
Members :
Total Woman Members :
- 30 Total Members : - 241
Sasikala Pushpa, Kanimozhi
and Vijila Sathyananth are
The three Women
Representatives from TN In
Rajya Sabha.
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14. Six women Union Ministers in the
present Government
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15. What is to be done to empower?
The entire process has to be
streamlined and strengthened with
financial support and training to
develop leaders. The present quota
system at the local level based on
gender, caste, etc. is largely abused
by men.
School curriculum, colleges, and
MLAs, MPs not connected to men
leaders have to be developed
through genuine education and
skills with scholarships, training
programs and centres of study,
research, degrees like Bachelor and
Master of Public Admin, Leadership,
etc.
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16. Why not? What stops?
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17. Who holds the wings?
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18. Need to show strength
• Educating women
• No working mom guilt
• No fear of societal
pressure
• Dare to question and
fight for rights
• Overcome men’s
interference
• Need more women
representation beyond
gender bias
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19. Let us respect all women
(Sarvam Shakti Mayam)
• Our Mother
• Wife
• Sister
• Daughter
• Grand daughter
• Neighbor lady
• Women colleagues
• Women teachers
• Women students
• Women leaders
• All women in our life
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20. Any questions?
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