Kailash Giri from Chandrapura, Bokaro called to inform the listeners of JMR about political participation of women and their empowerment. He stressed that though there have been some initiatives from the government by giving 50 per cent reservation to woman in Panchayat elections, but at the same time there have been instances where the husbands of the elected women candidate presume charge of the village in place of their wives. Giri requests people to vote such women who are already active in the development sphere of the village as choosing them as leaders would make a lot of difference. He concluded by saying that women's empowerment will be achieved in real sense only when both men and women understand and respect each others rights and responsibilities.
