Noah - women in politics
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In this project we gathered data, conducted research and subsequently developed information graphics to communicate insights on women's representation in Indian parliamentary politics
Project guide-Sushmita Mohanty
Team members- Chinmay Pathak, Kadambari Komandur, Meghana Annapureddy, Rashmi Baur
Some critical questions
•Has the feminist movement played a role in Indian politics?
•Do women leaders build more inclusive policies?
•What role does intersectionality play in Indian Politics
•What are the hurdles that prominent women politicians have faced on their path to success?
•How does India compare on the metric of women's representation on the global stage ?
THE POSTERS
We told our data story through three A 2 sized posters with each poster dedicated to a specific theme
POSTER I
History of women's representation in Lok Sabha
POSTER 2
Women in Lok Sabha : A retrospective
POSTER 3
Global comparison
THE STRUCTURE
Format: Print publication
Size : A2 foldable
It was decided that a printable format would work well for this project for care of sharing. A large A2 poster print was designed that could be folded into an A4 booklet.
01
History
This first poster sets the context for the project. It explores the timeline of the women's reservation bill, imagines an information portrait of a woman politician and maps out a time series analysis of women's representation in different constituencies.
02
Retrospective
while the first poster served to visualize the reservation debate this poster chronicles the careers lines and backgrounds of women in parliament. It begins with personal reading of
women politician and an understanding of their career trajectories and moves to a quantitative narrative of women in parliament. On the reverse side of this poster is a visualization of all the 78 women in the 17th LS.
03
Global comparison
In this poster a global comparison of women's rights in the political space. contextualizes the Indian position, in terms of the milestones that have been achieved. It also establishes broader global patterns for women's representation in the political space.
