Article List

AIDWA statement on Meerut gang rape case
13 Oct 2014
It is now confirmed that the young woman from a village in Meerut who had earlier alleged that she was abducted, gang-raped and then forced to convert to Islam has now approached the Meerut police to seek protection from her own family.
AIDWA Press Statement on NCW Chairperson’s remarks
01 Oct 2014
AIDWA expresses its strong condemnation of the recently appointed NCW Chairperson’s reported efforts to exonerate the RSS and its leaders (who are prominent leaders of the BJP) of any agency in coining, and propagating the term “love jihad”. The remarks of the Chairperson in this regard have been published in a leading daily today ( Oct 1^st 2014).
AIDWA Press Statement on Vrindavan widows
18 Sep 2014
AIDWA condemns the inhuman and irresponsible statement made by the BJP MP from Mathura, Ms. Hema Malini reportedly stating that widows from Bihar and Bengal should not come and settle in Vrindavan.
AIDWA Press Statement on Yogi Adityanath
28 Aug 2014
Yogi Adityanath, a BJP MP, has made a public statement to the effect that 100 Muslim girls are to be forcibly converted to Hinduism for every Hindu girl who is forced to embrace Islam.
AIDWA Report on atrocity in Kanthi, E. Medinipur Dist, West Bengal
20 Aug 2014
A delegation comprising of AIDWA leaders - AIDWA state secretary Minati Ghosh, President Anju Kar along with Purba Medinipur district secretary, Rekha Goswami, Ramala Chakraborty, Bharati Mutsuddi and others visited the village Sunia in Kanthi, Purba Medinipur where an Anganwadi worker was raped and murdered two days ago.
AIDWA condemns rape and murder of Gitali Giri, in East Medinipur, W. Bengal
18 Aug 2014
AIDWA strongly condemns the unrelenting and horrific litany of violence being unleashed by the TMC mafia in W. Bengal, which has led to another ghastly rape and murder of a woman in East Medinipur district on August 18^th 2014.
AIDWA on Juvenile Justice Act
13 Aug 2014
AIDWA feels that while there is a need to address serious crimes committed by juveniles the present amendment moved by the Union government will not serve this purpose and is retrogressive in nature.
AIDWA delegation mets the young woman in Meerut alleging gang-rape and conversion
09 Aug 2014
The AIDWA strongly condemns the blatant lies and half-truths being spread by the BJP and Sangh Parivar about the case registered by a young woman in Meerut alleging gang-rape and conversion. They are exploiting her distress to create communal conflict and hatred.
Press Release on insensitive remarks of Principal Secretary, Haryana Government
25 Jul 2014
AIDWA takes a serious note and strongly condemns the highly outrageous remarks of Principal Secretary of Higher Education, Haryana Government with representatives of Haryana Government College Teachers’ Association (HGCTA), who had met with the officials to discuss their demands.
LINKING CRIME TO APPLICABILITY OF JUVENILE ACT AN ILL-CONCEIVED AND DANGEROUS PATH
16 Jul 2014
Maneka Gandhi has suggested amending the law to try juveniles as adults in cases of rape, murder and other heinous crimes. AIDWA opposes this and holds that tampering with the cut off age of 18 years in the juvenile justice act is not such a simple and one-dimensional issue as is being made out. It is true that there are many reports of extremely gruesome and horrific incidents of gang rape and murder involving juvenile perpetrators in the age group of 16-18 years.