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  • AIDWA strongly protests against the promulgation of ordinance on Triple Talaq
    20 Sep 2018

    AIDWA expresses its strong protest over the promulgation of the Triple Talaq ordinance by the Central Government on September 19th 2018. The ordinance is an attempt to undermine the democratic process since many organizations, including AIDWA , had demanded that the Muslim women ( Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017,  pending in the Rajya Sabha, should be referred to a Select Committee for further discussion and debate before being brought in as a law. 

  • AIDWA Statement On The 498A Supreme Court Judgement
    15 Sep 2018

    AIDWA welcomes the SC judgement on Section 498A IPC to the extent that it does away with the constitution of Family Welfare Committees ordered by the SC in the Rajesh Sharma case.These committees were meant to look into and examine all cases of domestic abuse and harassment for dowry under 498A IPC before an FIR could be registered. The SC has rightly held that the constitution of such committees and giving them powers is erroneous and impermissible and not in accordance with the law.

  • AIDWA Welcomes Sc Judgement On Decriminalisation Of IPC 377
    06 Sep 2018

    AIDWA welcomes the historic and path breaking Supreme Court judgment in the Navtej Singh Johar case which decriminalizes consensual sex between adults in the LGBTQ community and amongst others. This judgment in effect legally recognizes homosexuality and whittles down a 158-year-old colonial law which led to immense suffering and discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Section 377 in the Indian Penal Code referred to unnatural offences and punished“carnal intercourse against the order of nature” with any man, woman or animal, with ten years of imprisonment.

  • Thousands Of Women Under AIDWA Banner Vow To Fight Violence, Fear, Hunger And Unemployment Aggravated By Bjp’s Modi Regime
    04 Sep 2018

    Raising slogans of unity and resistance, thousands of women from 23 states across the country marched resolutely, under the banner of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), from Mandi House to Parliament Street in New Delhi on September 4, 2018.This massive gathering was organized to draw the nation’s attention to the unprecedented rise in communal and other forms of violence against women and the denial of decent work and right to food under the Modi regime. Crimes against women and children have increased by 34% in the last four years.

  • Massive Protest Rally – New Delhi, September 4, 2018 Mandi House 11:30 Am To Parliament Street
    02 Sep 2018

     

  • Massive Women's Protest Rally In Delhi on September 4
    29 Aug 2018

    The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), with a membership 1.12 crore women in 23 states, expresses its serious concern about the spate of rising hate crimes and violence, fear, unemployment, and hunger. It pledges that the women are not going to stay quiet anymore and in order to express their anger, it is holding a National Women’s Protest Rally in Delhi on 4 September 2018.  The Rally will begin at Mandi House at 11 am and culminate in a public meeting at Parliament Street.

  • Nationwide raids on human rights defender and arrests condemned
    29 Aug 2018

    The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) condemns the simultaneous nationwide raids on human rights defenders and the arrests of five activists and lawyers by the Maharashtra police on August 28, 2018. It sees this repressive and arbitrary action as a part of the wider politics of silencing dissent and deterring activists, lawyers and intellectuals for raising their voice and organising people against the terror tactics of the SanghParivar and its vigilante groups.

  • AIDWA to hold Women's Protest Rally in Delhi on Sept 4
    21 Jul 2018

    KEEPING in mind the challenges before women, AIDWA has decided to organise a huge all India women’s protest rally in Delhi on September 4. The main issues are the increasing violence and brutality against women, especially girl children, growing unemployment, food security, the grim issue of starvation and malnutrition and the escalating communal and casteist attacks. The rally will be directed against the anti-women and anti-people policies of the BJP-RSS regime led by Narendra Modi.

  • Immediate Dismissal Of Bank Manager for Asking Sexual Favours
    25 Jun 2018

    AIDWA Demands Immediate Dismissal Of Bank Manager for Asking Sexual Favours From Woman Farmer To Sanction Loan

  • Strong action demanded in the Jharkhand gang rape case
    24 Jun 2018

    The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) condemns in the strongest terms, the gang rape of the five NGO women workers in the Kochang village in Khunti district of Jharkhand.  The brazen manner in which the women were abducted at gun-point and raped and then silenced into not reporting the crime reflects the total lawlessness and the atmosphere of terror prevalent in the BJP-ruled state.It also indicates the failure of the local administration to ensure the safety and security of the women who were campaigning to raise awareness against such important i

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