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Women of the Indian independence movement

 * Creating a new article based off of the lack of women's representation in the Indian independence movement article.
 * Evaluation:
 * While the Indian independence movement article does cite female leaders and participants in the Indian independence movement, they are mentioned in brief at the beginning of the article or solely linked as wives of the leaders of the movement without in-depth discussion of their accomplishments. I also realized I had never heard any of the briefly mentioned names, growing up as Indian-American. Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, and many other men cited as the forefront of the movement, but women's roles are never credited or discussed. I also noted that there was no mention of the Rani of Jhansi in the Indian independence movement article. Women played a vital role in the independence movement, and they deserve to have their accomplishments properly recorded in a mainstream forum. This is the only way we'll get to know their stories. Accordingly, I propose creating a new article chronicling the accomplishments of women of various background in this movement.
 * Sources:
 * - Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Lakshmi Bai. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved October 9, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lakshmi-Bai.
 * - Sarkar, M. (2017, August 14). Wonder women: South Asia's Female Freedom Fighters. CNN. Retrieved October 9, 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/asia/india-pakistan-partition-women/index.html.

Evaluation:
'''The horrific rape and fatal assault of Delhi student Jyoti Singh is chronicled in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder article. While the article has sections for public protests and the legacy created after the murder, they do not do justice to the massive social movement that resulted from this case. Additionally, by keeping this information under an article named the "2012 Delhi gang rape and murder," we are reducing the scale of uproar resulting from the case and the larger attention drawn to sexual violence as a whole as the Nirbhaya movement drew attention to the prevalence of sexual violence against women in India. The social movement deserves its own article to properly record the not just the initial uproar resulting from the case in Delhi, but the effects of the case across India, as well as what the movement is continuing to do to prevent sexual violence against women in India.'''

Sources:

'''- Taneja, M. (2019). From slutwalks to Nirbhaya: Shifts in the Indian Women's Movement. Women's Studies International Forum, 74, 179–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2019.04.002 '''

- '''Dey, A. (2018). Analysing the Nirbhaya case through the lens of the social-movement framework. Nirbhaya, New Media and Digital Gender Activism, 89–123. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78754-529-820181005 '''

Evaluation:
'''In 1993, the Indian government approved a constitutional amendment that altered that Panchayati raj in India. The landmark legislation mandated that village councils hold regular elections and reserve a third of the seats for women, and additional seats for individuals from lower castes. However, this legislation is mentioned in a mere 1-2 sentences in the Panchayati raj in India article. There is no details on the implementation of the legislation, accountability measures, or if the legislation is actually serving its purpose effectively. I think it is worthwhile to create an article that discusses the call for this legislation, the process of its approval, its implementation, and its impact.'''

Sources:

'''- Kudva, N., & Misra, K. (2008). Gender quotas, the politics of presence, and the Feminist Project: What does the Indian experience tell us? Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 34(1), 49–73. https://doi.org/10.1086/589239 '''

'''- Kalaramadam, S. (2018). Presence into participation and representation. Journal of South Asian Development, 13(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973174118757630 '''