Political Participation of Women in India- A Key to Women Empowerment

Abstract

In the struggle for gender justice, political participation constitutes the first step. Equal treatment to women in political life should start from grassroots level which provide training in decision-making process. Political participation may be restricted by natural and man-made factors, while it is impossible to overcome natural inequalities, it is possible to overcome man-made inequalities by adopting democratic principles of liberty, equality, fraternity and justice. Mahatma Gandhi declared in 1925” As long as women of India don’t take part in public life, there can be no salvation for the country and we are not likely to attain swaraj, ever if we did it would have no use for that kind of swaraj to which women have not made their full contribution.