Hyderabad, June 28 -- Women's rights organisations, feminist groups, secular political parties and social activists from across Telangana came together in Hyderabad on Saturday, June 27, to demand the immediate and unconditional implementation of the Women's Reservation Act, 2023, providing 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies.

The consultation, attended by around 100 participants and organised in solidarity with the National Coalition for Women's Reservation (NCWR), issued a united call for the implementation of the law by delinking it from the Census and delimitation processes. Participants argued that women's political representation should not be made contingent upon exercises that remain u...