All India Democratic Women's Association
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Formation | 1981 |
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Type | Women's organisation |
Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | P.K. Sreemathy |
Affiliations | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Website | aidwaonline |
All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) is a women's organisation committed to achieving democracy, equality and women's emancipation. It has an organizational presence in 23 states in India, with a current membership of more than 11 million. About two-thirds of the organisation's strength is derived from poor rural and urban women. It was founded in 1981 as a national level mass organisation of women. It is also the women's wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1]
History and scope
Pappa Umanath founded the Democratic Women's Association in Tamil Nadu in 1973, working for women's rights and for their education, employment and status, along with issues like casteism,[1] communalism, child rights and disaster aid.[2] Several other affiliated State-based organisations developed, and the unified All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) was established in 1981.[3][4]
AIDWA has an annual membership fee of one rupee, which allows it policy-independence from donor agencies and government.[2] In 2007, it had over 10 million members, spread across 23 states.[5]
2002 campaign against Hindustan Lever advertising
Subtle cultural norms can be easily transgressed. In 2002, widespread protests forced Hindustan Unilever Limited (the Indian subsidiary of London-based Unilever) to cancel a television ad campaign for its fairness cream because of its portrayal of women. The campaign was built around the theme of a father lamenting "If only I had a son" while showing his problem: a dark-skinned, unattractive daughter. She uses the
National Conference of AIDWA
The first National Conference of AIDWA was held at
10th National Conference
AIDWA's 10th National Conference was held in
Office bearers
- President– P.K. Shreemathy
- General Secretary– Mariam Dhawale
- Treasurer- S. Punyawathi
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Hindu, 5 January 2003". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Women and Aid distribution AIDWA Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, June 2006
- ^ CPI (M) leader Pappa Umanath passes away, 18 December 2010
- ^ "AIDWA profile". Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2008.
- ^ 8TH All India Conference Of AIDWA, November 2007, Calcutta Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arundhati Parmar, "Objections to Indian ad not taken lightly" Marketing News (9 June 2003) 37#12 pp 4-9
- ^ Chattopadhyayt, Suhrid Sankar (4 December 2007). "Call for Action". Frontline. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "AIDWA's National Conference". India News Network (INN). Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
Further reading
- Loveridge, Patricia (September 1994). "Approaches to change: the All India Democratic Women's Association and a Marxist approach to the woman Question in India". S2CID 144581853.
- Karat, Brinda (2005). Survival and emancipation: notes from Indian women's struggles. Gurgaon, Haryana: Three Essays Collective. ISBN 9788188789368.