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	The '''National Federation of Indian Women''' is a women's organisation in India, the women's wing of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Kranz2015">{{cite book\|author=Susanne Kranz\|title=Between Rhetoric and Activism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txS5CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21\|year=2015\|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster\|isbn=978-3-643-90648-9\|page=21}}</ref><ref name="Minault1989">{{cite book\|author=Gail Minault\|title=The Extended Family: Women and Political Participation in India and Pakistan\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uF8iAQAAMAAJ\|year=1989\|publisher=Chanakyai Publications\|isbn=978-81-7001-054-8\|page=227}}</ref><ref name="Armstrong2013">{{cite book\|author=Elisabeth Armstrong\|title=Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQIKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34\|date=7 November 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-91142-5\|page=34}}</ref> It was established in 1954 June ~~4th~~ by several leaders from [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] including [[Aruna Asaf Ali]].<ref>Menon, Parvathi. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-ysqAAAAYAAJ Breaking Barriers: Stories of Twelve Women]''. New Delhi: LeftWord, 2005. p. 37</ref><ref name="over">Overstreet, Gene D., and Marshall Windmiller. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&pg=PA402 Communism in India]''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. p. 402</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/book-on-history-of-indian-women-s-movement-launched-115060201505_1.html\|title=Book on history of Indian women's movement launched\|website=business-standard.com}}</ref>		The '''National Federation of Indian Women''' is a women's organisation in India, the women's wing of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Kranz2015">{{cite book\|author=Susanne Kranz\|title=Between Rhetoric and Activism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txS5CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21\|year=2015\|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster\|isbn=978-3-643-90648-9\|page=21}}</ref><ref name="Minault1989">{{cite book\|author=Gail Minault\|title=The Extended Family: Women and Political Participation in India and Pakistan\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uF8iAQAAMAAJ\|year=1989\|publisher=Chanakyai Publications\|isbn=978-81-7001-054-8\|page=227}}</ref><ref name="Armstrong2013">{{cite book\|author=Elisabeth Armstrong\|title=Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQIKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34\|date=7 November 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-91142-5\|page=34}}</ref> It was established in 1954 June 4 by several leaders from [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] including [[Aruna Asaf Ali]].<ref>Menon, Parvathi. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-ysqAAAAYAAJ Breaking Barriers: Stories of Twelve Women]''. New Delhi: LeftWord, 2005. p. 37</ref><ref name="over">Overstreet, Gene D., and Marshall Windmiller. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&pg=PA402 Communism in India]''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. p. 402</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/book-on-history-of-indian-women-s-movement-launched-115060201505_1.html\|title=Book on history of Indian women's movement launched\|website=business-standard.com}}</ref>

	[[Annie Raja]] is the current General Secretary and [[Aruna Roy]] is the current president of NFIW.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.communistparty.in/post/21st-congress-of-nfiw\|title=21st Congress of NFIW\|website=communistparty.in}}</ref>		[[Annie Raja]] is the current General Secretary and [[Aruna Roy]] is the current president of NFIW.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.communistparty.in/post/21st-congress-of-nfiw\|title=21st Congress of NFIW\|website=communistparty.in}}</ref>
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	==History==		==History==
	The first Congress of the NFIW (Calcutta, June 4 1954) was held against the backdrop of the Cold War and military pacts, lending a certain poignancy to its declaration of “unshakeable opposition to large scale armaments, weapons of mass destruction such as hydrogen bomb, atom bomb and bacteriological weapons.”		The first Congress of the NFIW (Calcutta, June 4, 1954) was held against the backdrop of the Cold War and military pacts, lending a certain poignancy to its declaration of “unshakeable opposition to large scale armaments, weapons of mass destruction such as hydrogen bomb, atom bomb and bacteriological weapons.”

	Inspired by a vision of women across the globe uniting against imperialism, poverty and disease, leading figures such as [[Vidya Munshi]], Ela Reid, [[Hajrah Begum]], Anna Mascarene, [[Renu Chakravartty]], Tara Reddy, Shanta Deb and Anasuya Gyanchand participated in meetings of the [[Women's International Democratic Federation]] (WIDF), World Conference of Mothers (Lausanne, 1955), Afro-Asian Women's Conference (Cairo, 1961), the anniversary of the victory of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh city, 1977), and so on.		Inspired by a vision of women across the globe uniting against imperialism, poverty and disease, leading figures such as [[Vidya Munshi]], Ela Reid, [[Hajrah Begum]], Anna Mascarene, [[Renu Chakravartty]], Tara Reddy, Shanta Deb and Anasuya Gyanchand participated in meetings of the [[Women's International Democratic Federation]] (WIDF), World Conference of Mothers (Lausanne, 1955), Afro-Asian Women's Conference (Cairo, 1961), the anniversary of the victory of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh city, 1977), and so on.
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	'''National Federation of Indian Women''' is a women's organisation in India, the women's wing of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Kranz2015">{{cite book\|author=Susanne Kranz\|title=Between Rhetoric and Activism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txS5CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21\|year=2015\|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster\|isbn=978-3-643-90648-9\|page=21}}</ref><ref name="Minault1989">{{cite book\|author=Gail Minault\|title=The Extended Family: Women and Political Participation in India and Pakistan\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uF8iAQAAMAAJ\|year=1989\|publisher=Chanakyai Publications\|isbn=978-81-7001-054-8\|page=227}}</ref><ref name="Armstrong2013">{{cite book\|author=Elisabeth Armstrong\|title=Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQIKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34\|date=7 November 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-91142-5\|page=34}}</ref> It was established in 1954 June 4th by several leaders from [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] including [[Aruna Asaf Ali]].<ref>Menon, Parvathi. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-ysqAAAAYAAJ Breaking Barriers: Stories of Twelve Women]''. New Delhi: LeftWord, 2005. p. 37</ref><ref name="over">Overstreet, Gene D., and Marshall Windmiller. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&pg=PA402 Communism in India]''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. p. 402</ref>		The '''National Federation of Indian Women''' is a women's organisation in India, the women's wing of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Kranz2015">{{cite book\|author=Susanne Kranz\|title=Between Rhetoric and Activism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txS5CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21\|year=2015\|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster\|isbn=978-3-643-90648-9\|page=21}}</ref><ref name="Minault1989">{{cite book\|author=Gail Minault\|title=The Extended Family: Women and Political Participation in India and Pakistan\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uF8iAQAAMAAJ\|year=1989\|publisher=Chanakyai Publications\|isbn=978-81-7001-054-8\|page=227}}</ref><ref name="Armstrong2013">{{cite book\|author=Elisabeth Armstrong\|title=Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQIKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34\|date=7 November 2013\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-91142-5\|page=34}}</ref> It was established in 1954 June 4th by several leaders from [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] including [[Aruna Asaf Ali]].<ref>Menon, Parvathi. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-ysqAAAAYAAJ Breaking Barriers: Stories of Twelve Women]''. New Delhi: LeftWord, 2005. p. 37</ref><ref name="over">Overstreet, Gene D., and Marshall Windmiller. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&pg=PA402 Communism in India]''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. p. 402</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/book-on-history-of-indian-women-s-movement-launched-115060201505_1.html\|title=Book on history of Indian women's movement launched\|website=business-standard.com}}</ref>

	[[Annie Raja]] is the current General Secretary and [[Aruna Roy]] is the current president of NFIW		[[Annie Raja]] is the current General Secretary and [[Aruna Roy]] is the current president of NFIW.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.communistparty.in/post/21st-congress-of-nfiw\|title=21st Congress of NFIW\|website=communistparty.in}}</ref>

	[[File:The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 13, 2007.jpg\|thumb\|The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 13, 2007]]		[[File:The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 13, 2007.jpg\|thumb\|The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 13, 2007]]
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	The first Congress of the NFIW (Calcutta, June 4 1954) was held against the backdrop of the Cold War and military pacts, lending a certain poignancy to its declaration of “unshakeable opposition to large scale armaments, weapons of mass destruction such as hydrogen bomb, atom bomb and bacteriological weapons.”		The first Congress of the NFIW (Calcutta, June 4 1954) was held against the backdrop of the Cold War and military pacts, lending a certain poignancy to its declaration of “unshakeable opposition to large scale armaments, weapons of mass destruction such as hydrogen bomb, atom bomb and bacteriological weapons.”

	Inspired by a vision of women across the globe uniting against imperialism, poverty and disease, leading figures such as Vidya ~~Munsi~~, Ela Reid, [[Hajrah Begum]], Anna Mascarene, [[Renu Chakravartty]], Tara Reddy, Shanta Deb and Anasuya Gyanchand participated in meetings of the [[Women's International Democratic Federation]] (WIDF), World Conference of Mothers (Lausanne, 1955), Afro-Asian Women's Conference (Cairo, 1961), the anniversary of the victory of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh city, 1977), and so on.		Inspired by a vision of women across the globe uniting against imperialism, poverty and disease, leading figures such as [[Vidya Munshi]], Ela Reid, [[Hajrah Begum]], Anna Mascarene, [[Renu Chakravartty]], Tara Reddy, Shanta Deb and Anasuya Gyanchand participated in meetings of the [[Women's International Democratic Federation]] (WIDF), World Conference of Mothers (Lausanne, 1955), Afro-Asian Women's Conference (Cairo, 1961), the anniversary of the victory of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh city, 1977), and so on.

	From Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh, in 1957, NFIW President Pushpamayee Bose issued a rousing appeal: “We, the women of the Federation declare that we do not want war, neither here nor anywhere in the world… We demand from the Big Powers not only stoppage of all nuclear tests but cessation of all wars for the world good - we ask them not to waste their men, money and brains on war preparation but use it for the well-being of their countries”.		From Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh, in 1957, NFIW President Pushpamayee Bose issued a rousing appeal: “We, the women of the Federation declare that we do not want war, neither here nor anywhere in the world… We demand from the Big Powers not only stoppage of all nuclear tests but cessation of all wars for the world good - we ask them not to waste their men, money and brains on war preparation but use it for the well-being of their countries”.

	Many women's organisations joined NFIW, united by the common goal of securing women's rights. At the founding conference in 1954, 39 organisations had already joined in, yielding a membership of nearly 1.3 lakh women from peasants, workers, tribals, dalits and refugees to professionals, artists and intellectuals. Constituent organisations included [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] (MARS, West Bengal), Punjab Lok Istri Sabha, Nari Mangal Samiti (Orissa), and Manipur Mahila Samiti.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Women-demand-food-security-better-conditions/article12706565.ece}}</ref>		Many women's organisations joined NFIW, united by the common goal of securing women's rights. At the founding conference in 1954, 39 organisations had already joined in, yielding a membership of nearly 1.3 lakh women from peasants, workers, tribals, dalits and refugees to professionals, artists and intellectuals. Constituent organisations included [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] (MARS, West Bengal), Punjab Lok Istri Sabha, Nari Mangal Samiti (Orissa), and Manipur Mahila Samiti.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Women-demand-food-security-better-conditions/article12706565.ece\|title=Women demand food security, better conditions\|website=the hindu.com}}</ref>

	==Presidents==		==Presidents==
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	#[[Dina Pathak\|Deena Pathak]] (1994-2002)		#[[Dina Pathak\|Deena Pathak]] (1994-2002)
	#Dr. K. Saradamoni (2002-2008)		#Dr. [[Kunjulekshmi Saradamoni\|K. Saradamoni]] (2002-2008)
	#[[Aruna Roy]] (2008 - till date)		#[[Aruna Roy]] (2008 - till date)

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'''National Federation of Indian Women''' is a women's organisation in India, the women's wing of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Kranz2015">{{cite book|author=Susanne Kranz|title=Between Rhetoric and Activism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txS5CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|year=2015|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=978-3-643-90648-9|page=21}}</ref><ref name="Minault1989">{{cite book|author=Gail Minault|title=The Extended Family: Women and Political Participation in India and Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uF8iAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Chanakyai Publications|isbn=978-81-7001-054-8|page=227}}</ref><ref name="Armstrong2013">{{cite book|author=Elisabeth Armstrong|title=Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQIKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA34|date=7 November 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-91142-5|page=34}}</ref> It was established in 1954 June 4th by several leaders from [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] including [[Aruna Asaf Ali]].<ref>Menon, Parvathi. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-ysqAAAAYAAJ Breaking Barriers: Stories of Twelve Women]''. New Delhi: LeftWord, 2005. p. 37</ref><ref name="over">Overstreet, Gene D., and Marshall Windmiller. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PAFBW743Bi4C&pg=PA402 Communism in India]''. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. p. 402</ref>

[[Annie Raja]] is the current General Secretary and [[Aruna Roy]] is the current president of NFIW

[[File:The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 13, 2007.jpg|thumb|The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 13, 2007]]
[[File:Mohd. Hamid Ansari lighting the lamp at the valedictory function of the birth centenary of late Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali, organized by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 16, 2009.jpg|thumb|Mohd. Hamid Ansari lighting the lamp at the valedictory function of the birth centenary of late Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali, organized by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 16, 2009]]

==History==
The first Congress of the NFIW (Calcutta, June 4 1954) was held against the backdrop of the Cold War and military pacts, lending a certain poignancy to its declaration of “unshakeable opposition to large scale armaments, weapons of mass destruction such as hydrogen bomb, atom bomb and bacteriological weapons.”

Inspired by a vision of women across the globe uniting against imperialism, poverty and disease, leading figures such as Vidya Munsi, Ela Reid, [[Hajrah Begum]], Anna Mascarene, [[Renu Chakravartty]], Tara Reddy, Shanta Deb and Anasuya Gyanchand participated in meetings of the [[Women's International Democratic Federation]] (WIDF), World Conference of Mothers (Lausanne, 1955), Afro-Asian Women's Conference (Cairo, 1961), the anniversary of the victory of Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh city, 1977), and so on.

From Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh, in 1957, NFIW President Pushpamayee Bose issued a rousing appeal: “We, the women of the Federation declare that we do not want war, neither here nor anywhere in the world… We demand from the Big Powers not only stoppage of all nuclear tests but cessation of all wars for the world good - we ask them not to waste their men, money and brains on war preparation but use it for the well-being of their countries”.

Many women's organisations joined NFIW, united by the common goal of securing women's rights. At the founding conference in 1954, 39 organisations had already joined in, yielding a membership of nearly 1.3 lakh women from peasants, workers, tribals, dalits and refugees to professionals, artists and intellectuals. Constituent organisations included [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]] (MARS, West Bengal), Punjab Lok Istri Sabha, Nari Mangal Samiti (Orissa), and Manipur Mahila Samiti.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Women-demand-food-security-better-conditions/article12706565.ece}}</ref>

==Presidents==
#Pushpamoyee Bose (1954-1957)
#Anusuya Gyanchand (1957-1962)
#Kapila Khandvala (1962-1967)
#[[Aruna Asaf Ali]] (1967-1986)
#Dr. [[Nirupama Rath]] (1986-1994)
#[[Dina Pathak|Deena Pathak]] (1994-2002)
#Dr. K. Saradamoni (2002-2008)
#[[Aruna Roy]] (2008 - till date)

==General Secretaries==
#Anusuya Gyan Chand (1954-1957)
#[[Hajrah Begum]] (1954-1962)
#[[Renu Chakravartty]] (1962-1970)
#Vimla Farooqui (1970-1991)
#Tara Reddy (1991-1994)
#G. Sarla Devi (1994-1999)
#[[Amarjeet Kaur (Politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]] (1999-2002)
#Sehba Farooqui (2002-2005)
#[[Annie Raja]] (2005 - till date)

==See also==
* [[Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan]]
* [[Nari Mukti Sangh]]

==References==
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