In a recent survey conducted by the Media Monitoring Cell of the Kerala Women's Commission says that nearly 54 per cent of women look at the box as a major source of news and current affairs programmes.

This clearly proves the interest shown by women on political and public issue.

'This is a reflection of an attitudinal change on the part of women, who are showing greater interest in political and social issues,' CPI(M) state committee member T N Seema.

According to the poll numbers, 54 per cent of women were interviewed during the survey said they are regular television watchers and 53.73 per cent of the voters said they looked at the box as a major source of news and information.

Where 7.87 per cent of voters are fans of film-based programmes, including song sequences and comedy clippings and the rest 8.98 per cent of them like reality shows.

K A Beena, writer and News Editor of Doordarshnan Kendra said, 'Women in Kerala are educated. They have been on the forefront of the struggles for gender justice. Now, the recent legislation would give them an opportunity to directly take part in the grass root level development, carried out through the civic bodies. In such a context, it is important for them to be up-to-date on what has been happening around them.'