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AIDWA condemns Censor Board of Film Certification to deny certification to film ‘Lipstick under my Burkha’
27 Feb 2017
The All India Democratic Women’s Association strongly condemns the decision of the Censor Board of Film Certification to deny certification to Alankrita Srivastava and Prakash Jha’s film ‘Lipstick under my Burkha’, which depicts the range of problems that women in India are facing today, and their struggle to overcome these obstacles. The much acclaimed film has won the Best Film for Women’s Equality Award at the Mumbai Film Festival and the ‘Spirit of Asia’ Award in the Tokyo Film Festival.
AIDWA demands withdrawal of the showcause notice to Radhika Vemula
17 Feb 2017
The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) urges the District Collector of Guntur Kantilal Dande to immediately take back the showcause notice served on Radhika Vemula regarding declaring her and Rohith as belonging to the OBC community.
AIDWA expresses shock and dismay on the Nagaland imbroglio over women's reservation
06 Feb 2017
Women’s groups have been leading a struggle for 33 percent reservation in the local bodies in Nagaland for the past many years. Elections for 32 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) notified on December 21, 2016 were to be held after a gap of 16 years.
AIDWA rejects the anti-people, pro-corporate budget, statement on union budget 2017-18
01 Feb 2017
The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) finds the Union Budget presented by the Finance Minister today as an insult to the working poor and women of this country who have been bearing a disproportionate burden of the hardships due to demonetization.
AIDWA strongly condemns the sexist comments by RSS-BJP leader Vinay Katyar judging a woman's worth by her looks
25 Jan 2017
AIDWA strongly condemns the sexist comments by RSS-BJP leader Vinay Katyar judging a woman's worth by her looks. Such comments are demeaning and dissuade women from participating in political and social activities. The supporters of Manusmruti have always defended the patriarchal value system and propagated the secondary status of women. Such an attitude by the party leader of the ruling BJP government indirectly encourages perpetrators of crime against women. This is reflected in the growing rate of violence against women in our country.
Once again in Chhattisgarh, the nightmare of rape, loot and physical violence repeats itself
12 Jan 2017
All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) welcomes the order of the NHRC dated January 7, 2017 on the Bastar rape cases. AIDWA and Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM) today urged the NHRC and the SC-ST Commission to enquire into other instances of atrocities by Security Forces in Bastar.
AIDWA Statement on mass molestation of young women in Bengaluru
04 Jan 2017
AIDWA condemns the horrific incidents of groping and mass molestation of girls by hooligans in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, on New Year’s Eve, which has once again brought to the fore women’s vulnerability to sexual assault in public spaces. The atrocity was compounded by an extremely objectionable statement by the Home Minister of Karnataka, Shri G.
AIDWA Conference Calls - Defeat Obscurantism And Neo –Liberal Policies, Defend Democracy And Secularism
23 Dec 2016
The 11^th National Conference of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) was held in Shyamali Gupta Nagar (Oriental College), Bhopal from December 10-14, 2016. The conference was attended by 788 delegates from 23 states.
AIDWA expresses deep concern over the alarming increase in honour crimes and killings
07 Dec 2016
AIDWA expresses deep concern over the alarming increase in honour crimes and killings as has been reported by the Minister of State for Home Affairs while answering a question in the Lok Sabha. According to the reply given by him there has been a 79 percent increase in just one year ie from 28 cases in 2014 to 251 cases in 2015.
AIDWA Condemns Modi Government’s Demonetization of Currency
16 Nov 2016
AIDWA strongly condemns the recent hasty and ill-planned move by the Modi Government to demonetize currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 as a means to unearth black money. Rather than placing any curbs on the real swindlers and cheats, this step has been causing infinite harassment and distress to millions of people all over the country.