MAHARASHTRA: AIDWA Leads Women’s Siege to Dahanu SDO Office

THE prices of essential commodities have sky-rocketed; no work is available under MNREGA in the villages; the means of livelihood of the peasants have shrunk due to drought; and over and above this, ration grains too are not being distributed. Women face harassment in the government hospital. These factors led to tremendous unrest and anger amongst women in the Dahanu tehsil of Palghar district. Many memoranda were submitted to the officials and discussions held on the atrocious functioning of the PDS. But to no avail.

AIDWA Condemns Brutal Rape & Murder Of a Girl in Bengal

IN a press statement issued on November 23, the All India Democratic Women’s Association has strongly condemned the brutal rape and murder of an adolescent girl of tenth class in Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas on November 22. This is an incident trailing after Park Street, Kamduni, Katwa and innumerable such in West Bengal under the regime of a woman chief minister. The earlier cases are yet to see justice. AIDWA strongly feels that West Bengal has become a state of rape and violence against women.

AIDWA Holds State-Level Jansunwai On Implementation of Food Security Act

THE Maharashtra State government has identified 7 crore population, 4.69 crore rural population and 2.30 urban population, as the beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. The experience of these beneficiaries who have had their ration cards stamped as ‘priority families’ leaves much to be desired.Every beneficiary is entitled to get 5 kgs of food grains at Rs 3 per kg rice and Rs 2 per kg wheat. But not a single shop in any district in Maharashtra is giving the entitled quota of food grains. The quality of food grains that are distributed is very poor.

AIDWA Fights for "My Choice, My Right"

IN a democratic country where the constitution provides the right to live with dignity to all its citizens, choice becomes an important matter.

Karat Meets Parrikar Seeking Support for Permanent Commissioning of Women Navy Officers

DEFENCE Minister Manohar Parrikar has given a categorical assurance to a group of women officers of the Navy, who met him on September 28 in New Delhi, along with CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat, that he fully supports the September 4 High Court judgement for their immediate reinstatement as permanent commission officers. He told the delegation that he would also take appropriate measures to see that there was no appeal against the judgement by the Navy.

Bus Jatha: AIDWA Campaign Forces Telangana Govt to Scrap Cheap Liquor Policy

THE All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) successfully conducted a bus jatha across Telangana against the new Excise policy of the K Chandrashekar Rao government permitting wide sale of cheap liquor in the state. Strongly opposing the move, AIDWA took up statewide campaign and at the end, the government had to roll back its decision to sale cheap liquor through the State Beverages Corporation. The bus jatha went across the state from August 17 to 28, and group meetings and public rallies were held at village, mandal and division levels.

Struggle of Women Workers

Women workers fight for more and better jobs, end to discrimination ONE of the defining features of India’s working class, and perhaps an in-built obstacle to its advance, is that women are either confined to the most ill-paid, insecure and vulnerable jobs, or they are simply kept out of the workforce. In the organiSed sector, women’s share in employment was just 18.6 percent in 2012-13, according to the latest Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) report.

AIDWA Protests at Saudi Arabian Embassy

HUNDREDS of women and men demonstrated in front of Saudi Arabian Embassy on September 10, demanding thorough investigation and action against the rape and trafficking accused diplomat. The demonstration was led by Jagmati Sangwan, general secretary (AIDWA), Sehba Farooqui, general secretary (JMS) and Shabanam Hashmi leader of Anhad. The demonstration started from Malai Mandir. While approaching the embassy with banners, placards and slogans demanding waving off of immunity and initiation of strict action against the accused, it was barricaded by the police near the embassy. It may be me

AIDWA Raises Concerns over SECC Methodology

The All India Democratic Women’s Association has been at the forefront of the struggle for food security for all in India. In this connection it has over the years been actively engaged with the question of identification of beneficiaries for government schemes which is the responsibility of rural development ministry.

AIDWA Writes to PM on OROP

In a letter written to the prime minister on August 18, the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) has expressed support to the legitimate demand of the ex-service men of our country who have been justly demanding one-rank-one-pension. For this they are sitting in a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for the last three months and now they have started an indefinite hunger strike.

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