The film — a hard-hitting commentary on the practice of “Pradhan Pati”— wherein elected women pradhans are reduced to rubber stamps and their husbands take over the role - has been made ...

“In Decision 06/2025, the Applicant made a PATI request for customs duty paid by specific business importers for specific imported vehicles. The Information Commissioner has found that the ...

The husbands of six newly-elected women panchayat members in Paraswara, Chhattisgarh took the oath instead of their wives, prompting an investigation. The incident attracted outrage, spotlighting ...

An advisory committee advised strict penalties for men who proxy for elected women in gram panchayats. Recommendations include capacity-building for women leaders, reporting mechanisms for proxy ...

After submission of its report on the rampant “Panchayat Pati" or “Mukhiya Pati" or “Sarpanch Pati", a trend of husbands covertly or even overtly calling the shots while their wives, the elected ...

In December 2024, while addressing an event for sarpanches (panchayat chiefs), President Droupadi Murmu had urged women sarpanches to assert control, blaming the ‘Panchayat Pati’ phenomenon—where ...

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joined more than 400 people in Rarotonga on Tuesday morning (Monday, Cook Islands time) to protest against Prime Minister Mark Brown's government. Ngarewa ...