Indian Women Fuel Widespread, Silent Revolution

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KOLKATA, India (WOMENSENEWS)--A paradigm shift has occurred in the institutional recognition of women in public spaces across India.

The Western media has noted that Pratibha Patel, the president, Meira Kumar, the speaker of the House, and Sonia Gandhi, the power behind the ruling Congress party in India, are all women.

The rise of women to political power, challenging deeply rooted caste, gender and national barriers, has been covered.

So have the gender-friendly policies that are being instituted at the ground level, such as the recently launched special trains for women. The trains are a tacit acknowledgment of the sexual harassment Indian female commuters confront on a daily basis and the institutional commitment to accommodate these workers.

These news stories are a welcome foil to the reporting on Indian women as primarily victims, which dominates the international press.

http://www.womensenews.org/story/commentary/091030/indian-women-fuel-widespread-silent-revolution

[immoderate]

1. Good story. Now take the comma out of the title.

It just doesn't belong there. :)

--imm

[Chulanowa]

4. Yeah, the comma makes it... weird

My first thought was that it had something to do with sati ritual

[niyad]

2. thank you for this tiny bit of good news

[Hekate]

3. Always glad to hear some good news out of India. KnR.