Gender Issues

On The Women's Reservation Bill

Below we publish the statement issued by the All India Democratic Women's Association, All India Mahila Sanskritik Sangathan and All India Progressive Women's Association, on September 19.AS per the news in the media, the union cabinet cleared the proposed legislation to ensure 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It has also been placed before the Lok Sabha for discussion during the ongoing special session of parliament.The bill guarantees a 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

ASHA Workers in Jammu Hold Protest Rally

ASHA Workers Union – Jammu organised a day-long protest demonstration on August 22, 2023, near Maharaja Hari Singh Park in Jammu, to voice their genuine and longstanding demands. A substantial number of ASHA workers who have embarked on the ‘Kaam Chhodo Hadtal’ (leave work strike) participated in the demonstration, actively rallying for their demands.Om Parkash, working president of the CITU state committee, while addressing the gathering, said ASHA workers played a crucial role in the fight against the Covid pandemic.

Muslim Personal Laws Alone Targetted

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×Below we publish the memorandum given by the All India Democratic Women’s Association to the chairperson, National Commission for Women on July 18, 2023, regarding the consultation held by it only on review of Muslim personal lawsTHE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) is deeply concerned and disappointed that the National Commission for Women rece

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.

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