Understanding gender as a Political issue

Gender hasn't always been an issue of much deliberation but it is only in last few decades, thanks to arising levels of awareness among people that it has at least been identified as an issue which needs to be looked into by the society at large. The point here is primarily been limited to the power relation between men and women and their rights. No matter how many laws are made for the women(including those that are interpreted liberally in favour of women), there is still that sense of under-representation of women when it comes to the different tiers of government in India. The moot point remains that when women comprise almost 50% of the population why should they not be represented properly according to their numbers. True empowerment of women can only come when they are bold enough to come out of their miserable lives and take a stand against all that they detest, be it the insensitivity of the men to their problems such as issues of safety and well being or lack of awareness regarding their legal rights. They will have to suffer more in order to gain later in the form of better representation at the national, state and local levels of government including schools and other places of employment. When some authors and even public policy formulate rs talk about women reservation bills in the parliament or any other fora, why is their sham not understood by the women voters. The most important question here is why does almost 50% of the electorate not vote against the shanty policies and lies of the male politicians? It is true that there are a number of factors which play a very crucial role in the subjugation of women in India and elsewhere but the point is why are those particular factors not being identified properly. So that in the future efforts can be directed against removing these factors or atleast countering them. The enlightened citizens of India including Indian women must realise that at present what they are being offered or even what is being proposed by our country's policy makers is at best piecemeal measures for the supposed betterment of the Indian women. In reality the malady remains because there is always a sense of vagueness in most of the measures undertaken by the Government for the upliftment of women and very seldom does one come across any serious attempt or effort towards actually doing something worthwhile for the women. Such a work more often than not is usually done by the NGOs but it must be also kept in mind that such organisations are few and their motives sometimes are at best questionable.

what can be done is a show of strength by women despite all the difficulties and oppression faced by them(especially women from poorer sections of the society) in times of elections and a continuous and concerted effort for realising their due.