Gender Issues

On Removal of Anaemia from NFHS- 6 Survey

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on July 17, has expressed deep concern about the removal of anaemia from the survey indicators of NFHS- 6 by the BJP government.The previous NFHS -5 survey had revealed that over 57 per cent of women and over 67 per cent of children suffer from anaemia in our country. Prevalence of anaemia to such an extent cannot be dismissed as a mild problem or an isolated occurrence. Medical experts have pointed out that it is a major contributor to maternal and child mortality.

AIDWA Memorandum to Law Commission on Uniform Civil Code

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×With reference to the public notice issued by the Law Commission of India on June 14, 2023 eliciting views on the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) again, the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) has sent the following memorandum to the member secretary of the Law Commission of India, on July 11.WOMEN in our country have been suffering for centuries under

AIDWA Welcomes Madras HC Judgment Entitling Wife to Acquired Properties

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on June 26, has welcomed the path breaking judgment of the Madras High Court by Justice Krishnan Ramasamy in which he has decided that a home-maker who toils for the family and sacrifices her employment opportunities by staying at home, while the husband earns, is entitled to 50 per cent of all the properties that the parties have acquired. The ju

Increasing Violence on Women in Tripura

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association, in a statement issued on June 5, has strongly condemned increasing instances of rape, gang rape and other kinds of violence on women in the BJP-ruled state of Tripura. It notes with concern that the Tripura state committee of AIDWA has recorded at least 12 instances of such violence in the period between April 15 and June 1, 2023 alone. More than half of the victims in these incidents were minor and young girls, two of them were tribal women and one a disabled woman.

AIDWA Demands Stern Action Against Brutal Murder of a Young Woman in Budgam

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on March 17, has strongly condemned the brutal murder of a young woman in Budgam (Kashmir). On March 7, Arifa Jan went for coaching class but failed to return home. Her brother lodged a missing report with the police on March 8.

Coordination Committee of Domestic Workers Demands Prosecution of the Employers and the Agency

THE All India Coordination Committee of Domestic Workers (AICCDW), in a statement issued on February 11, has called upon the police to take the strictest of action against the employer couple who continuously subjected their young domestic worker to inhuman torture and abuse at their residence in Gurgaon. It also called upon the labour department to investigate and take action against the agency through whom the worker was placed in this household.

AIDWA Condemns Assam Govt’s Persecution of Married Couples

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on February 9, has said that it has been campaigning against the practice of child marriage still continuing in the country in spite of there being laws against it.

AIDWA National Conference: Fight against Corporate-Communal Nexus

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE 13th national conference of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) was held at Thiruvananthapuram from January 6-9, 2023. The conference was held at M C Josephine Nagar, Tagore Theatre. Over 850 delegates, observers, and special invitees from 26 states and union territories attended the conference.On January 6th morning, AIDWA flag was hoisted by its national president, Malini Bhattacharya.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Gender Issues