Political participation and women leadership in Karnataka: A reflection

Democracy implies equality for all human persons, men and women. As against this basic notion of democracy what is normally seen is that women are excluded from different walks of life, more visibly in Politics. The U.N. observes that women constitute “world‘s largest excluded category”. For the attainment of true democratic spirit shall be ensured better political participation. In any political system, right from the developed to the developing countries, presence of women is very low compared to men. In many countries women had to wage long battles to get right to vote. Today the percentage of women as voters has increased considerably, but their political participation is not equal to men and therefore women are unable to get an equal share in organization that require decision making. t is globally acknowledged that ‘gender equality and women's empowerment’ are at the core of achieving development objectives, fundamental for the realisation of human rights, and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes. This article is about Political Participation and Women Leadership in Karnataka: A Reflection