AIDWA
- May 13, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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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.