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Wed 03 Mar 2010Bill on women passes vital first stage in India
INDIA’S UPPER house of parliament has overwhelmingly voted in a bill that would reserve one-third of all legislative seats for women.
After a day-long heated and often raucous debate, prime minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday that the 186-1 vote was a “historic step forward towards the emancipation of Indian womanhood”.
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