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'''Womanist Party of India''' (also called Bharatiya Streevadi Paksh), is a [[political party]] in [[India]]. Its core issue is the emancipation of women. The WPI was founded in [[Mumbai]] on October 31, 2003. The WPI president is Varsha Kale.<ref name="firstparty">{{cite news|title=India's first all-woman party is here |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/01vijay.htm |date=1 November 2003 |work=Rediff |location=Mumbai |accessdate=Aug 7, 2015}}</ref> And the General Secretary is Avisha Kulkarni.<br />
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The party decided to call itself '[[Womanism|womanist]]' as they consider the word '[[feminism|feminist]]' to carry an upper-class connotation in [[India]].<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040815/asp/look/story_3622999.asp Article on WPI]<br />
* [http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/000193.html Another article]<br />
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