Women`s only party launched in Delhi |
Inspired by the decades-old National Women`s Party in the United States, a 36-year-old doctor and social activist launched a women`s only party in Delhi on December 18, 2018, to fight for issues like the reservation for women in Parliament and harassment of women at workplace. The newly formed National Women`s Party (NWP) is being headed by Swetha Shetty, who said the party`s goal was to represent “women” particularly the underprivileged who “have suffered at the hands of system. Those who have run from office to office in expectation of some help to make their lives better and got nothing” and those who suffered from domestic abuse or are struggling against the social establishment”. The actual ground work for National Women Party began in 2012. The motive behind formation of National Women Party is to get 50 per cent reservation for women candidates in Lok Sabha Election. Even in 2018 women rights are avoided easily and there is so much crime against women and no significant reformations are being considered so far hence she felt the need for women party, Shetty said. The political world in India has been majorly male-dominated and women have always felt excluded.
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