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AIDWA, CITU Write to Union Finance Minister, Calling Out Gender Discrimination in New SBI Guidelines
27 Jan 2022
The new SBI guidelines, dated December 31, 2021, prevents women with more than three months of pregnancy from joining service, despite having been selected through due process and procedure.
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Women’s Organisations Demand Inclusion in NCW Meet on Review of Criminal Law
18 Jan 2022
Women’s bodies write to NCW for ‘failing to recognise’ their contribution to shaping the discourse on women and law.
Sruti MD
The Little Discussed Tamil Nadu’s Policy for Women
18 Jan 2022
The draft policy contains aspects such as the need to address the widening sex ratio, a survey to estimate the gender inequality in household work, social protection measures for single women headed…
Sruti M.D.
TN: AIDWA Study Reveals Dire Debt Crisis Faced by Women
29 Dec 2021
Families earning merely Rs 5,000 per month has increased 22% since the onset of the pandemic.
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Women's Organisations Protest Govt Move to Increase Legal Age of Marriage to 21
18 Dec 2021
Mere raising of legal marriage age will not empower women or help improve nutrition, education, maternal and infant mortality levels, say women activists.
Sruti MD
TN This Week: Waterlogging Drowns Chennai, DMK-AIADMK Blame One Other
13 Nov 2021
Rain bashes several districts in the state, normal life affected in Chennai due to persistent waterlogging, suspected caste murder in Kanyakumari district, and other news.
Sruti MD
TN: DMK Councillor Charged For Dalit Man's Murder, Police Reluctant to Arrest Him
14 Oct 2021
A 23-year-old Dalit truck driver, Prabakaran, was stabbed to death on October 9. Two people named in the FIR have been arrested, while the third accused, a local DMK leader, remains scott-free.
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'Pass 33% Women's Reservation Bill': Activists Call for Passage of Bill Pending for 25 Years
13 Sep 2021
Marking 25 years of the Women's Reservation Bill being stuck in the Parliament, women's rights activists have urged all political parties to urgently ensure its passage.
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AIDWA Condemns Gauhati HC’s Decision to Grant Bail to IIT-Guwahati Rape Accused
26 Aug 2021
AIDWA said in a statement that the accused attitude is anti-women, patriarchal and regressive, and he forcibly committed sexual violence on the girl with no regard to her personal autonomy and bodily…
Sumedha Pal
Draft Anti-Trafficking Bill: Vague Provisions Will Lead to Criminalisation of Victims, Other Activities, Say Activists
02 Aug 2021
Activists and unions fear some provisions are open to misuse and have also critiqued the proposed Bill for mixing up the issue of trafficking and sex work.