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 ...

Sanctions, fines and exemplary punishments are among the measures recommended in the report of the advisory committee constituted to address the issue of proxy power centres, known as Panchayat Patis, ...

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 ...