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AIDWA
A Diabolical Plot by the BJP’s Assam State Government to Target Minorities: Report on Recent Eviction and Killings in Dhalpur, Assam
31 Oct 2021
The Assam incidents once again prove that targeting the minority community has been at the centre of the hate politics pursued by the BJP with the aim of polarising Indians along religious lines.
Resolution against the Politics of Hate unleashed by RSS and its Front Organisations
27 Sep 2018
When democracy turns into mobocracy and the mob enjoys impunity and state patronage, we need to resist such attempts with all our might.
Combating Communalism
14 Dec 2016
From its very inception in 1981, AIDWA has had a very clear understanding about Communalism. It has recognized communalism as a way of not only dividing women and the working people but also as something that strengthens religious identities and regressive beliefs that are justified in the name of religion. All sorts of patriarchal notions, anti-women laws and a plethora of anti-women customs are promoted and re-invented in the name of religion.
Notes for campaign against communalism among AIDWA members
05 Oct 2013
The developments in Gujarat and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad led campaign for the Ayodhya Temple have been a matter of great concern to people all over the country. Some organizations affiliated to the RSS parivar including the BJP, have started a vicious campaign to justify what is happening in Gujarat. Such a campaign may cause confusion among our own ranks. It is therefore essential to explain the main points of the situation to our membership.
Report of AIDWA visit to Muzaffarnagar
05 Oct 2013

A delegation of AIDWA [comprising Sehba Farooqui (Gen Secretary, Delhi), Madhu Garg (President, UP), Seema Rana (Secretary, Lucknow), Asha Sharma (Working President, Delhi), Anjana Jha (Treasurer, Delhi) and Maimoona Mollah (Vice President, Delhi)], visited some of the camps set up for the riot affected people in Muzaffarnagar on October 5, 2013. The delegation met a large number of violence affected women in the camps.
The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) strongly condemns the attacks on poor Christian tribals in Orissa villages in Kandhamal District
26 Aug 2008
The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) strongly condemns the attacks on poor Christian tribals in Orissa villages in Kandhamal District. A young nun was burnt to death and many others, including women and children, have suffered grievous injuries. There is a report of one more death.
ON VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES IN BARODA
05 May 2006
The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) expresses its deep concern at the recent incidents of anti-minority violence in Baroda. it strongly condemns the way in which an anti-encroachment drive was transformed by the administration and the police into a vicious attack on minority sentiments and then on their lives and livelihood. A 300-year old dargah cannot be characterized as an 'encroachment' on the same level as various other structures, religious and otherwise, that have come up in the recent years.
On Violence Against Minorities In Baroda
05 May 2006
The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) expresses its deep concern at the recent incidents of anti-minority violence in Baroda. it strongly condemns the way in which an anti-encroachment drive was transformed by the administration and the police into a vicious attack on minority sentiments and then on their lives and livelihood. A 300-year old dargah cannot be characterized as an 'encroachment' on the same level as various other structures, religious and otherwise, that have come up in the recent years.

30 Jan 2005

WE write this memorandum to you on behalf of the All India Democratic Women's Association representing 7.5 million women of all communities and regions. In particular AIDWA has a substantial membership among Muslim women and is deeply involved in many of the issues or specific concern to Muslim women in the economic, social and political spheres.

AIDWA Demands Inquiry into Ishrat's Killing

27 Jun 2004

THE All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has demanded an independent inquiry into the murder of a young woman, Ishrat Jahan Raza by the Gujarat police. In a statement issued on June 18, the organisation felt that "the truth can only emerge from an independent investigation in which agencies outside the state are involved".