However, if the political parties decide on a time-bound programme to correct the imbalances, any quota legislation can be done away with. In the long run, the right kind of education also plays an important role. Reduction of budget on education should be opposed as it adversely affect the interest of women. One of the main obstacles to women is the way household work is shared. Also a career break for women to facilitate attending to basic family matters like childcare etc.would help them in planning careers.
Men make rules keeping primarily their own interest in mind.
Having more women in decision-making is a positive thing. To suit the changing times, a renegotiation of the social contract is necessary. The proponents of the old theories were not sensitive enough to the problems of women. They did not look at the problem of equality from a proper perspective. A group of academics could be constituted to study and analyse the newly emerging concepts and social situations.