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#WomenLead (Issue 79): Your weekly round-up on women in politics

Hello, and welcome to Issue 79!

It has been a memorable week for us here at #WomenLead! In August, we had analysed the Indian government’s responses to 22 Parliamentary questions related to a long pending bill that would introduce quotas for women in legislatures. That analysis, published in The Indian Express, made its way to the Parliament, thanks to M…