Anti Arrack Campaigns –
i women’s groups working on issues of domestic violence, the custom of dowry, sexual abuse at work and public places were active mainly among urban middle class women in different parts of the country.
ii focus of the women’s movement gradually shifted from legal reforms to open social
iii As a result the movement made demands of equal representation to women in politics during the nineties.
iv. We know that 73rd and 74th amendments have granted reservations to women in local level political offices.
v. Demands for extending similar reservations in State and Central legislatures have also been made.
vi. A constitution amendment bill to this effect has been proposed but has not received enough support from the Parliament yet. Main opposition to the bill has come from groups, including some women’s groups, who are insisting on a separate quota for Dalit and OBC women within the proposed women’s quota in higher political offices.
