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     The Impact Of Women And Leadership Women’s minimal leadership role in national and local political spheres remains a serious concern worldwide. in the commonwealth Gender plan of action for gender equality 2005-2015 calls on government to introduce measures to promote at least 30 per cent representation of women in parliament, government and business. The impact of women’s political leadership on democracy and development describes the barrier to women’s political participation and explains why the contribution of women is so crucial to democracy. It identifies established strategies- electoral reform (New Zealand), party voluntary quotas (south Africa), and legislative quotas (Bangladesh and India)- that have helped these commonwealth countries to meet gloat target of 30 percent and thus to effectively advance the participation of women in decision- making at all levels. No country can make progress if it locks out a half of its population. Increasing...
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20. Diya Mirza Diya Mirza was born on 9 December 1981, is an Indian model, actress, producer and beauty queen who won the Miss Asia Pacific 2000 title. Mirza has primarily worked in  Bollywood  and is known in media for her social work. She co-owns a production house,  Born Free Entertainment , with her husband Sahil Sangha. Their first film,  Love Breakups Zindag i , was released on 7 October 2011. Mirza worked while in college as a marketing executive for a media firm, Neeraj's Multi-Media Studio. At the same time she modelled for print and   TV commercials  for brands such as  Lipton ,  Wall's ice cream , Emami and many more. She won Miss Asia Pacific in 2000. She has garnered much praise for her social work. She got an   IIFA  2012 Green Award for her contribution towards a green environment. She has done awareness campaigns on prevention of female foeticide, HIV awareness, the Cancer Patient...
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19 . Avani Chaturvedi Avani Chaturvedi  is one of the first female fighter pilots of India.  She is from  Satna district  in Madhya Pradesh. She was declared as the first combat pilot along with two of her cohort, Mohana Singh, and  Bhawana Kant . The trio was inducted into the  Indian Air Force fighter squadron in June 2016. They were formally commissioned by Defence Minister  Manohar Parrikar . Chaturvedi completed her training at Hyderabad Air Force Academy. She completed her schooling from Deoland, a small town in  Shahdol district  of  Madhya Pradesh . Completing her Bachelors in Technology from  Banas thali University ,  Rajasthan  in 2014, she passed the Indian Air Force exam. Avani was born on 27 October 1993. Her father, Mr. Dinkar Chaturvedi, is an executive engineer in Water Resource Department of M.P. government and her mother is a home maker. Avani's elde...
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18 Sushma swaraj Sushma Swaraj was born on   14 February 1952 is an Indian politician, former   Supreme Court  lawyer and the current  Minister of External Affairs of India , in office since 26 May 2014. A leader of  Bhartiya Janata Party , Swaraj is the second woman to be India's Minister of External Affairs, after  Indira Gandhi . She has been elected seven times as a  Member of Parliament  and three times as a   Member of the Legislative Assembly . At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of north  Indian state  of   Haryana . She also served as 5th  Chief Minister of Delhi  for a brief term in 1998. I n the  2014 Indian general election , she won the  Vidisha  constituency in   Madhya Pradesh for a second term, retaining her seat by a margin of over 400,000 votes. She became the Minister of External Affairs in the union cabinet on 26 May 20...
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17. Manika Batra Manika Batra was born on   15 June 1995 is an Indian table tennis player. As of April 2018, she is the top-ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 58th in the world. Batra was born  as the youngest of three children. She hails from Naraina Vihar in Delhi and began playing table tennis at the age of four. Her elder sister Anchal and elder brother Sahil both played table tennis, with Anchal having an influence on her during her early playing career. After winning a match in a state-level under-8 tournament, Batra decided to train under coach Sandeep Gupta who suggested her to switch to Hans Raj Model School where he ran his academy. Batra turned down many modelling offers as a teenager. When she was 16, she declined a scholarship to train at the Peter Karlsson Academy in Sweden. She studied at the Jesus and Mary College for a year before dropping out to "concentrate" on table tennis. In 2011, Batra won the silver...
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16. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi    Maneka Sanjay Gandhi   was born on 26 August 1956 is the Indian  Union Cabinet  Minister for Women & Child Development in the Government of PM   Narendra Modi . She is also an  animal rights activist , environmentalist, and widow of the Indian politician  Sanjay Gandhi . She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of  etymology , law and  animal welfare . Maneka Gandhi is a member of the  Nehru-Gandhi Family . Maneka was born in  Delhi  into a   Sikh  family. Her father was  Indian Army   officer Lt. Col. Tar lochan Singh Anand and her mother was Amteshwar Anand. She went to Lawrence School and later Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She subsequently studied German at  Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi. Gandhi is a self-described environmentalist and  animal rights  l...
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15. Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra was  born on 18 July 1982 is an Indian actress, singer, film producer, philanthropist, and the winner of the  Miss World 2000 pageant. One of India's highest-paid and most popular celebrities, Chopra has received   numerous aw ards , including a National Film Award and five Film fare Awards. In 2016, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri , the fourth highest civilian award and  Time  magazine named her one of the  100 most influential people in the world.  Forbes listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women  in 2017. Following a brief setback, she garnered success for playing a troubled model in the drama  Fashion  (2008), which won her the  National Film Award for Best Actress . Chopra subsequently gained wider recognition for portraying a range of characters in the films  Kaminey  (2009),  7 Kho...
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14. P.T. Usha Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha   was born on 27 June 1964, popularly known as  P. T. Usha , is a retired  Indian   track and field  athlete. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979.  She is often called the "queen of Indian track and field”. She is nicknamed as the  Payyoli Express . Currently she runs the Usha School of Athletics at  Koyilandy  near Kozhikode in Kerala. Usha was first noticed in 1976 by   O. M. Nambiar , an athletics coach, at a sports prize-distribution ceremony. In an interview with  Rediff.com  in 2000, he said, "What impressed me at first sight about Usha was her lean shape and fast walking style. I knew she could become a very good sprinter." The same year, he began coaching her. Quick results followed when she won five medals at the inter-state meet for juniors, in   Kollam  in 1978, with four gold medals in 100 m, 200 m, 60 m hurdles ...
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    13 . DEEPA MALIK Deepa Malik was born on 30 September 1970. She is an Indian athlete. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a Silver medal at the 2016 summer Paralympic in the shot put. She has also won gold in F-53/54 Javelin event at the para athletic grand Prix held in Dubai in 2018. She currently is the world number one in the F-53 category. She has won accolades for her participation in various adventure sports. She is associated with Himalayan Motorsports Association (H.M.A.) and Federation of motor sports club of India (F.M.S.C.I.). She has undertaken an 8-day, 1700-km drive in sub-zero temperatures which included a climb to 18000 feet. It was – Raid De Himalaya. This journey covers many difficult paths including remote Himalayas, Leh, Shimla and jammu. She is a member of the working group in the formulation 12...
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12 Chanda Kochhar   Chanda Kochhar was born  on 17 November 1961 is the managing director and  chief executive officer  of   ICICI Bank . She is widely recognized for her role in shaping retail banking in India. Kochhar was instrumental in establishing ICICI Bank during the 1990s. In 1993, Kochhar was appointed as one of the core team members who were assigned the responsibility of setting up the bank. She was promoted to assistant general manager in 1994 and then to deputy general manager in 1996. In 1996, Kochhar headed the newly formed Infrastructure Industry Group of ICICI Bank, which aimed to create dedicated industry expertise in the areas of power, telecom and transportation. In 1998, she was promoted as the General Manager and headed ICICI Bank's major client group, which handled relationships with ICICI's top 200 clients. In 1999, she also handled the strategy and e-commerce divisions of ICICI Bank. Under Kochhar's leadership, IC...