Q4. There are a handful of women in politics, especially in our country. The bill to ensure 1/3rd reservation of women parliamentarians in the Lok Sabha is yet to pass, and has been pending for over a decade. In such a scenario, how did you get into politics, and how do think the participation of women in politics can be increased in our country?

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A4. Representation of women in both houses of Parliament is ~11%. How can gender justice be ensured when the country's legislative, executive, and judicial arms have little to no women? 
Progressive models of admission such as that which was followed in JNU by allocating deprivation points to women and institutional mechanisms designed to ensure safe and gender just academic spaces has resulted in a University that has allowed a measure of empowerment for many women including myself. The process of realising the extent to which one is oppressed by societal structures and the process of empowerment also results from education which is why we argue for more inclusive admission policies.