Delhi: AIDWA State Conference

THE triennial conference of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), Delhi-NCR was held on May 3-4, 2025 at Surjeet Bhavan.After the flag hoisting by Prof Indu Agnihotri, former president of AIDWA-Delhi and paying respects at the martyrs’ column, the inaugural session began with inspiring songs by Jana Natya Manch that filled the air with enthusiasm. Thereafter, AIDWA national president PK Sreemathi formally inaugurated the conference.Salute to the women of Delhi! Salute to those daughters who did not bow down to oppression.

AIDWA to Hold Public Hearing on Loot by Micro Finance Institutions

IN Bihar, the grandparents took the micro finance institution (MFI) loan for the marriage expenses of their granddaughter. They did not have the capacity to repay it. They jumped before a train and died by suicide. In Maharashtra, a mother told her 6-year-old daughter to lock her in a trunk and let her out after the MFI agent has gone. The child went out to play and forgot to unlock the trunk. The mother died due to suffocation. In Haryana, a husband told the MFI agent to take his wife in lieu of the instalment as they could not pay it.

The Legacy of International Women’s Day

AT the International Socialist Women’s Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 1910, the resolution on International Women’s Day (IWD), moved by Clara Zetkin, was clear in its class nature, political aim, socialist perspective, and international character.

AIDWA Condemns Chhattisgarh High Court's Acquittal in Marital Rape Case

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on March 4, has expressed deep concern about a judgement from the Chhattisgarh High Court which exonerated a man against his conviction under Sections 377 (unnatural sex), 376 (rape), and 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). The victim in the case was the man’s wife who had clearly stated that he had sexually assaulted her against her will by inserting his hand in her anus. The injury caused to the victim was so severe that she died in the hospital a few days later.

AIDWA Stands with the Women in the Cinema Field

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on August 27, has welcomed the release of the Hema Committee report which has painstakingly conducted an inquiry into the shocking atrocities against women in the film industry. It is the first time that a state government has formed a committee to study the malpractices in the film industry and harassment that women have to undergo. It is a known fact that women working in the film industry are victimised everywhere.

AICCWW Welcomes Justice Hema Committee Report

THE All India Coordination Committee of Working Women (AICCWW), the women's sub-committee of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on August 26, welcomed the release of the Hema Committee report and the assurances given by the LDF government of Kerala to implement many of its recommendations to improve the working conditions, particularly for women, in the Kerala film industry.

SC Judgement on Relief for Divorced Muslim Women: AIDWA’s Views

THE recent Supreme Court’s judgement in Md. Abdul Samad v. State of Telangana and Another extended the provisions of section 125 of the CrPC to divorced Muslim women. In this case a divorced Muslim wife had been awarded a sum of Rs 20,000 pm by the Family Court which was reduced by the High Court to Rs 10,000 pm under S125 of the CrPC.

AIDWA Condemns Misogyny at ICAI

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) sent letters to the Institute of the Charted Accounts of India (ICAI) and to the finance ministry on July 2, condemning the misogynist act at the ICAI Kolkata conference and demanded stern action.

AIDWA Condemns Hathras Stampede

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) is shocked and outraged by the devastating stampede that occurred on July 2 in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, during a Satsang conducted by self-styled godman Narayan Saakar Vishwa Hari, also known as Bhole Baba. Nearly 121 people, mostly women, lost their lives in this tragedy. The number of injured is still unknown.In a statement issued on July 4, AIDWA said this incident starkly highlights the negligence of the Yogi government, which failed to ensure the safety and well-being of the people.

Stop Silencing Dissenting Voices

THE All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has, in a statement issued on June 17, condemned the Delhi Lieutenant Governor's decision to sanction the prosecution of author-activist Arundhati Roy and Professor Showkat Hussain. The action is based on a 14-year-old FIR, which AIDWA describes as a vindictive and repressive attempt to silence dissenting voices.

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