Shruthi Viswanathan's guest appearances

Shruthi Viswanathan

Ganatantra

Andrew Wyatt

Indira Gandhi

Alpa Shah

Srinath Raghavan

Ornit Shani

Aparna Chandra

Diego Maiorano

Venkat Ananth

Ankur Bhardwaj

Christiane Andersen

Carole Spary

Roshan Kishore

Raksha Kumar

Prem Panicker

Astha Kapoor

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There has been a long standing demand for reservations in legislatures in India for women. Currently, fifty percent of positions in panchayati raj institutions are reserved for women. If women's issues are to come to the fore in politics, is increased representation the only way forward? What has been the experience of countries where women have greater representation in political institutions? Have they had an impact on the patriarchal nature of the society? Shruthi Viswanathan, Governance Specialist with the Oxford Policy Group joins us as we unpack all issues surrounding women's representation in politics. Also check out: Performing Representation by Shirin M. Rai &amp; Carole Spary You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/iosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There has been a long standing demand for reservations in legislatures in India for women. Currently, fifty percent of positions in panchayati raj institutions are reserved for women. If women's issues are to come to the fore in politics, is increased representation the only way forward? What has been the experience of countries where women have greater representation in political institutions? Have they had an impact on the patriarchal nature of the society? Shruthi Viswanathan, Governance Specialist with the Oxford Policy Group joins us as we unpack all issues surrounding women's representation in politics. Also check out: <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/performing-representation-9780199489053?cc=in&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Performing Representation</a> by Shirin M. Rai &amp; Carole Spary You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: <a href="https://ivm.today/ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/ios</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Ep. 05: Women's representation in politics (feat. Shruthi Viswanathan)