Women’s emancipation is impossible to obtain without achieving equal status for all sections of women. AIDWA has been in the forefront of the struggle to mainstream the multiple dimensions of…
A 13 year old daughter of a rag picker was abducted by six men in a moving car when she was returning home with her brother after doing domestic work on May 2, 2005 in Lucknow. She was beaten with a…
Orissa has long been a site of Hindutva violence against minority groups. From anti-Christian violence in Rourkela in 1964, to the brutal murder of the Australian missionary Graham Staines and his…
Areti Sathyavathi, age 55, belongs to Thundurru village. Her husband is a cancer patient. In spite of her difficulties, she has been agitating along with the villagers for a pollution-free village…
The life of Savitribai, wife of Jotirao (or Jotiba, as he is fondly known in Marathi) Phule is a tale of great sacrifice and courage. Born on 3 January 1831 in a relatively well to do…