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India1996 to 2023
A long campaign for a third of seats in Parliament and state assemblies to be reserved for women, after panchayat reservation began in 1993. The bill was first introduced in 1996 and stalled for decades; it passed in 2023, to take effect after the next census and delimitation.
Women's organisations across parties; elected women in panchayats who showed what reservation could do.
One-third of legislative seats for women, including within reserved seats for Scheduled Castes and Tribes.