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A Disaster for Local Democracy: A Convention Against Haryana Panchayat Raj Amendment Act
16 Feb 2016
AIDWA organised a convention “A Disaster for Local Democracy: A Convention Against Haryana Panchayat Raj Amendment Act” at Constitution Club, New Delhi today.
AIDWA registers shock and protest at the news that the Delhi-based internationally-known organization TERI
10 Feb 2016
AIDWA registers shock and protest at the news that the Delhi-based internationally-known organization TERI has decided to appoint R.K.Pachauri to the post of Executive Vice-chairman in spite of the sexual harassment case pending against him since last year. At that time, Mr.
Joint Press Release on WCD Minister to subject all pregnant women to a sex determination test
05 Feb 2016
We, the undersigned women’s organizations and concerned individuals express our strong condemnation and shock at the suggestion made by the Central Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi to subject all pregn
IS IT ‘BETI BACHAO’ OR ‘BETI HATAO’?
02 Feb 2016
AIDWA strongly condemns the proposal made by the Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi to make sex determination compulsory with a view to curb sex selection.
AIDWA welcome the Kamduni Gangrape judgement
01 Feb 2016
AIDWA CEC welcomes the fact that truth has been established in the brutal Kamduni gangrape and murder of a college girl student in West Bengal two and a half years ago. At the lower court the rape and murder have been proved.
AIDWA commemorate founder member and leader Sushila Gopalan,
19 Dec 2015
AIDWA has called this public meeting at Jantar Mantar on 19^th December 2015, day on which we annually commemorate our founder member and leader Sushila Gopalan, to protest against the rising incidents of threats and attacks against minorities and against upholders of scientific thought like Davolkar, Pansare and Kalburgi.
JJ Act- Rehabilitation oriented monitoring and counselling procedure is required.
18 Dec 2015
AIDWA welcomes the decision referring the proposal for amending the Juvenile Justice Act to a Select Committee. In the wake of the controversy about lowering the juvenile age, this will allow for a larger discussion of a contentious issue.
AIDWA has expressed strong disapproval of the Supreme Court decision upholding the highly regressive amendment to Haryana Panchayat Raj Act
10 Dec 2015
All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has expressed strong disapproval of the Supreme Court decision upholding the highly regressive amendment to Haryana Panchayat Raj Act debarring at least two third electoral from contesting panchayat elections by imposing the minimum educational criteria.
ABVP students attack and manhandle first woman president of Allahabad University Student Union (AUSU), women students
26 Nov 2015
In a shocking incident at Allahabad University on late Thursday night, students belonging to the BJP’s youth wing ABVP physically attacked, harassed and intimidated Richa Singh, the president of the students union and other students including women. The incident took place during a peaceful hunger strike that was being led by Richa.
AIDWA strongly condemns the brutal rape and murder of an adolescent girl of tenth class in Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
23 Nov 2015
AIDWA strongly condemns the brutal rape and murder of an adolescent girl of tenth class in Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas on 22nd November. 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 the justice.