NEW DELHI, MARCH 8: On women's Day, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi announced that a way would be found to push through 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies. In Lok Sabha and state legislatures also, women should get 33 per cent reservation like in panchayats. Talks are going on with political parties and I am hopeful very quickly some way will be found, she said at a function organised by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to honour women entrepreneurs.
Sonia also said that for the first time this year, gender budgeting had been introduced and more money had been allocated for the development and welfare of workers in the unorganised sector; banks have been asked to provide loans to women.
The Congress president also called for a national initiative, involving political parties, voluntary organisations, NGOs and the media, to prevent all forms of atrocities against women.
