THE 8th State Conference of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), Uttarakhand, was held in the auditorium of Jain Dharamshala in Comrade Chandrakala Pandey Nagar, Dehradun, chaired by a three-member presidium, Sunita Pandey, Indu Naudiyal, and Mala Gurung. The keynote speaker AIDWA National President P K Shrimati said that whether we are from the hills or the plains or from the south, we are all one. She said that Janwadi Mahila Samiti (AIDWA) was formed in 1981 and since then we have been continuously fighting.