First, the bad news.

While the Indian Parliament has been pussyfooting around the Women’s Reservation Bill for quite some time, we find that women in India may not have their legislation anytime soon.
Women have been working their asses off in the fight to gain 33 percent of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures, yet the government has had problems coming to a consensus. The government made it clear that they intend to introduce the bill, yet they met on Tuesday and Wednesday concerning the matter and left with differing opinions and no bill signed. Sigh.
On a happier note, Lok Sabha unanimously passed a bill on Wednesday protecting women from all forms of domestic violence, harassment and exploitation from family members.