-TheWire.in With a deep understanding of the extent of loss brought by this man-made disaster, she crusaded all her life so survivors could receive compensation and medical care. Bhopal: Hamida Bi, an activist and the president of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS), who worked with thousands of desperately poor survivors of the 1984 tragedy passed away on Tuesday, December 29. She was 74. Raeesa Bi, one of her close friends and...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 250
Women farmers worst hit by anti-farmer laws: National Women’s Organisations
-SabrangIndia.in The group of leading womens’ organisations write open letter to PM Modi; will soon hold nationwide protests against the “ruthlessness exhibited by the Union government” National women’s organisations have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the government stop repressing the farmers’ legitimate and peaceful protests immediately. They have asked that all cases imposed on the struggling farmers and leaders of the farmers’ organisations be withdrawn and...
More »CSOs condemn the rising atrocities against dalit women and minor girls in Uttar Pradesh
-Press release by All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) and National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ) dated 30th September 2020 In a joint statement, AIDMAM and NDMJ have condemned the rising atrocities against dalit women in Uttar Pradesh. Please click here to access the press statement dated 30th September 2020. For more information, please contact: Dr.Debjani Naskar Media Coordinator NDMJ-NCDHR Mobile: 9990093005 Email: debjani@ncdhr.org ...
More »Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch opposes the passage of 3 Farm Bills
-Press statement by Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM) dated 30th September, 2020 Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM) opposes the unilateral and undemocratic passage of the 3 farm-related Bills in the Parliament by the BJP led government at the Center, which subsequently received presidential assent. Though these legislations were brought in in the name of farmers, there has been no evidence proffered about how this is so, and clearly, these are meant...
More »In Himachal’s Kaza village, a woman from nearly every house now faces police case -Gagandeep Singh Dhillon
-The Indian Express Kaza village has a population of around 1,700. With an FIR against over 200, more than 10 per cent of the total population of the village now stands accused in the case, booked under Sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 143 (unlawful assembly) and 188 (disobedience of public order) of the IPC. Shimla: A woman in almost every household of Kaza village in Spiti has been booked by the local police...
More »
