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Ms. Sudha Sundarraman
Work Participation Rates and women’s status- new inequities, new equations
20 Oct 2009
Resurgent India is facing many anomalies. For instance, the economic growth curve, somewhat affected by the global meltdown, is now expected to get back on track and move upwards again, beyond the 9% high of 2008. This has not, however, improved our HDI ranking. This year’s UN HDR Report places us at 134 out of 182 countries.

Ms. Sudha Sundarraman

AIDWA Welcomes Introduction of Pro-Women Legislation by UPA Govt

04 Sep 2005

THE current session of parliament has witnessed the introduction of many bills of specific relevance to women. While welcoming the fact that the UPA government has paid at least partial heed to the pro-poor promises made in the National Common Minimum Programme (CMP), it should be noted that this was done with active prompting from the Left and the sustained intervention of democratic organisations like the AIDWA. But there is still a long way to go.

AIDWA Observes National Demands Day on implementation
29 Aug 2004