Women comprise just 10% of India’s parliament, and only two of 35 ministers with full Cabinet rank are women. And, while the 33% quota for women in local-government bodies has placed a million of them in elected positions at the grass roots, the extent to which this has actually improved women’s status has yet to be measured.
但这一方法不足以纠正印度政坛和社会的性别不平等现象。妇女只占据了印度议会10%的席位，内阁35名部长中，只有2名妇女。此外，尽管地方政府部门女性职员不少于33%的规定让100万草根女性被选为政府官员，但这在多大程度上改善了妇女地位还有待测算。