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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1961)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Mariam Dhawale<br />
| image = Mariam Dhawale in 2024.jpg<br />
| caption = Dhawale in 2024<br />
| office = Member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term_start = 6 April 2025<br />
| office1 = General Secretary of the [[All India Democratic Women's Association]]<br />
| term_start1 = 2016<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Malini Bhattacharya]]<br />
| birth_name = Mariam Bootwala<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1961|04|04}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| spouse = [[Ashok Dhawale]]<br />
| education = [[University of Mumbai]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
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'''Mariam Dhawale''' ([[née]] '''Bootwala'''; born 4 April 1961) is an Indian politician and women's rights activist affiliated with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. She serves as a member of the party's [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Politburo]], its highest decision-making body, and has been the General Secretary of the [[All India Democratic Women's Association]] since 2016. Her political career spans student activism, rural organizing, and national leadership in mass movements for gender justice and secularism.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Daily |first=Keralakaumudi |title=CPM Party Congress: More women likely to join CPM Politburo and Central Committee |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1510970&u= |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mariam Dhawale was born as Mariam Bootwala into a Muslim family. Influenced by the ideas of [[Bhagat Singh]] and other revolutionary figures, she later identified as an atheist. She completed her higher education at Wilson College in Mumbai, where her engagement in political activism began.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title='Comrades for life': Meet the new couple in CPI(M) Politburo, Mariam and Ashok Dhawale |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/comrades-for-life-meet-the-new-couple-in-cpim-politburo-mariam-and-ashok-dhawale-9930017/ |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 1979, she joined the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and quickly rose through its ranks. She became the first woman to hold the position of State General Secretary of SFI in Maharashtra, later serving as All India Vice-President of the organization from 1988 to 1994.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Following her involvement in the student movement, Dhawale joined the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) in the 1990s, focusing on organizing women in rural and tribal regions of Maharashtra. She played a significant role in mobilizing marginalized communities around issues of education, domestic violence, healthcare access, and employment rights.<ref>{{Cite web |last=S |first=Anil |date=2025-04-07 |title=CPM party Congress with a Dhawale effect |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2025/Apr/07/cpm-party-congress-with-a-dhawale-effect |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 2016, she was elected General Secretary of AIDWA, becoming the national face of the organization. Under her leadership, AIDWA expanded its campaigns to address communal violence, caste-based discrimination, and neoliberal policies affecting women workers.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-04 |title=Women’s plight a cause for concern: Mariam Dhawale |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/womens-plight-a-cause-for-concern-mariam-dhawale/article66338749.ece |access-date=2025-11-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
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At the 24th Congress of the CPI(M) held in Madurai in 2022, Dhawale was elected to the Polit Bureau, replacing older leaders as part of a generational transition in party leadership.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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