| Subject: | Political Science \ Gender Studies |
| Title: | Women’s representation in Assam Legislative Assembly Enhancing Gender Equality: Its Prospect and Challenges |
| Author(s): | Anamika Barman & Dr. Chandana Bhattacharjya |
| Published on: | 30th August 2026 |
| Published by: | Lyceum India |
| Name of the Journal: | Lyceum India Journal of Social Sciences |
| ISSN/e-ISSN: | 3048-6513 |
| Volume & Issue: | Volume: 3, Issue: 10 |
| Pages: | 116-120 |
| Original DOI (if any): | 10.5281/zenodo.22083364 |
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| Abstract: | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encompasses seventeen goals for international growth and development in all sectors globally. Among those goals gender equality under goal no. 5 deals with the contribution of women or girls around the world who are leading the charge on climate change, decision making process in terms of participation and representation in political domain, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable future for all. Interestingly, women’s political participation is an emerging issue that is highly responsible for balanced growth and development. Politics has been defined as the art of acquiring and exercising, the power to effectively influence the decision-making processes and policies, to reverse the existing situation whenever they are disadvantageous and to bring about the necessary social changes. The present paper is concerned with the participation of women in Assam Legislative Assembly for enabling women development in the political field. The objective of the paper is to find out the opportunities of women in decision making process in Assam Legislative Assembly. It also investigates the challenges faced by women in participating in politics. The research is carried out on the existing facts and literature available in this area of study so far. The findings of the research show that opportunities are increasing for empowering women in comparison to earlier study. Yet, it is found that these are not sufficient enough to sustainable growth of women globally. |
| Keywords: | SDGs, gender equality, women participation, Assam Legislative Assembly |
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