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{{Short description|Indian women's organisation}}{{multiple issues| | {{Short description|Indian women's organisation}} | ||
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{{Infobox organization | {{Infobox organization | ||
|name= All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) | |name= All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) | ||
|logo = | |logo = | ||
|caption = AIDWA emblem | |caption = AIDWA emblem | ||
|formation = 1981 | |formation = 1981 | ||
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'''All India Democratic Women's Association''' (AIDWA) is a women's organisation committed to achieving democracy, equality and women's emancipation. It has an organizational presence in 23 states in India, with a current membership of more than | '''All India Democratic Women's Association''' (AIDWA) is a women's organisation committed to achieving democracy, equality and women's emancipation. It has an organizational presence in 23 states in India, with a current membership of more than 11 million. About two-thirds of the organisation's strength is derived from poor rural and urban women. It was founded in 1981 as a national level mass organisation of women. It is also the women's wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref name="hinduonnet.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500020400.htm |title=The Hindu, 5 January 2003 |access-date=17 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427061604/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500020400.htm |archive-date=27 April 2010 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
==History and scope== | ==History and scope== | ||
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==Office bearers== | ==Office bearers== | ||
* [[Jagmati Sangwan]] – General Secretary.<ref>[http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/dec/wom-aidwachf.htm New woman on top December 2004] | * [[Jagmati Sangwan]] – General Secretary.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060428044232/http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/dec/wom-aidwachf.htm New woman on top December 2004]</ref> Prior to this [[Brinda Karat]] remained its General Secretary 1993–2004. | ||
* [[Malini Bhattacharya]] – President (2013) | * [[Malini Bhattacharya]] – President (2013) | ||