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AIDWA strongly supports the position taken by India’s top ranked Squash player Dipika Pallikal
11 Jul 2015
AIDWA strongly supports the position taken by India’s top ranked Squash player Dipika Pallikal who has conveyed that she wouldn’t participate in National squash championship until women get equal prize money(
AIDWA Press Statement on Ahmednagar crime in the name of honour
15 May 2015
AIDWA condemns the ghastly murder of a dalit youth in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, committed in the name of honour. We demand stringent action against the perpetrators, and justice for the victims.
AIDWA delegation visited the Alleppey Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel
08 May 2015
An AIDWA delegation led by the Joint Secretary K.K.Shylaja visited the Alleppey Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel where four elite athletes tried to commit suicide by consuming poison on Thursday.
AIDWA Demands Immediate Arrest Of Owners And Management Of Orbit Aviation
02 May 2015
An AIDWA delegation led by its General Secretary Jagmati Sangwan visited Landeke village in Moga district of Punjab on 2 May 2015. They met the family of the 13 year old Dalit girl who died tragically after being molested and thrown of a bus, sharing their grief and expressing support to them.
AIDWA organised a public hearing to “Expose Anti People Pro Corporate Budget” of the NDA Government.
27 Apr 2015
AIDWA organised a public hearing to “Expose Anti People Pro Corporate Budget” of the NDA Government. The Jury comprised Brinda Karat (Patron, AIDWA and former Member of Parliament), Aruna Roy (MKSS, Rajasthan and former member of National Advisory Council), Indira Jaisingh (Eminent Supreme Court Lawyer & Human Right Activist), and Prof Utsa Patnaik (Professor Emeritus, JNU).
AIDWA Condemns Racist And Anti-Women Statements By Elected Representatives
02 Apr 2015
AIDWA strongly condemns the absolutely shocking, outrageous, racist and anti-women statements that have been made by elected representatives, including those by members of the ruling BJP. A Central Cabinet Minister’s comments on the skin color of Congress President also reflects a deep-seated racist mindset against persons of colour.
AIDWA condemns in the strongest of words the undemocratic, anti women and casteist behavior of certain male MLAs of the ruling UDF in the Kerala State Assembly
30 Mar 2015
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the All India Democratic Women’s Association(AIDWA) met at the EMS Academy, Thiruvavathapuram in Kerala on 29-30 March 2015. The meeting, attended by 61 Members from 18 States was presided over by its President Malini Bhattacharya.
AIDWA demanded to register cases against the Congress leaders who made sexist and abusive comments about the LDF women MLAs
22 Mar 2015
All India Democratic Women’s Association demanded that police should register cases against the Congress leaders who made sexist and abusive comments about the LDF women MLAs, relating to their behavior in the incidents in the Kerala Assembly on the budget day. Government has not taken any action based on the complaints given by the women MLAs even after one week.
AIDWA Statement on Suzette Jordan gang-rape victim
14 Mar 2015
Suzette Jordan was the gang-rape victim in the incident that took place in Park Street, Kolkata, in 2012.
Press Release on Attack on Women MLAs in Kerala Assembly
14 Mar 2015
AIDWA strongly condemns and demands strict action against the violent attack on five women LDF MLAs by some MLAs of the ruling UDF inside Kerala assembly on Friday.