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.

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 judgment recognises that the contribution of a wife as a home-maker is as valuable as that of the husband who goes to work.In this particular case, the wife took care of the

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. The police interviewed several suspects and after sustained interrogation, one Shabir Ahmad Wani of Mohandpora Budgam confessed to the murder of the missing girl.We have recently seen other cases of brutal murders of women shocking the nation.

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.

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. Thereafter delegates paid their homage to the founders and martyrs of the movement.