AIDWA

AIDWA

Subject: History

Context : Activist RanjanaNirula, working committee member and former Treasurer of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), died in Delhi on Monday, aged 75

Concept:

• One of the founders of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) in Delhi, Nirula was also a member of the Delhi State Committee of CPI(M), apart from being the Working Editor of the journal titled ‘The Voice of the Working Woman’

All India Democratic Women’s Association

• It is an independent left oriented women’s organisation committed to achieving democracy, equality and women’s emancipation.
• 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).
• Its members are from all strata in society, regardless of class, caste and community. About two-thirds of the organization’s strength is derived from poor rural and urban women.
• It upholds secular values and challenges and resists cultural practices demeaning to women and believes that the emancipation of women in India requires fundamental systemic change.