Report of correspondent of Purogami Mahila Sangathan
Indian women and all progressive Indian people are condemning the decision of the Central government and the Telangana government, to host the 72nd Miss World Beauty Pageant in Hyderabad from May 7 to May 31. Women’s organizations across the country are demanding the cancellation of the event.
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The protest was jointly organised by Lok Raj Sangathan, Social Democratic Party of India, Welfare Party of India, Communist Ghadar Party of India, Jamaat-e-Islami-Hind, Lok Paksh, Citizens for Democracy, Students Islamic Organisation, Mazdoor Ekta Committee, Purogami Mahila Sangathan, The Sikh Forum, CPI (M-L) – New Proletarian, United Muslims Front, and others. Representatives of participating organisations put forward their views on the issue and on how to take the struggle forward, to put an end to the politics of state-organised communal violence and communal division of the people.
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7 October, 2024 marks one year of the ongoing genocidal war launched by Israel against the Palestinian people, in the occupied areas of Gaza and the West Bank, and more recently in Lebanon and other areas. On this occasion, hundreds of people – women, students and youth, workers and people from different walks of life – gathered in a huge show of protest at Jantar Mantar, near the Parliament in New Delhi.
Continue readingThe National Federation of Indian Women (Bharatiya Mahila Federation) recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. On this occasion, a discussion on the subject – “From the release of rapists to the struggle of the wrestlers – challenges facing the women’s movement” was organized that drew participants from across the country.
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“Struggle Continues Against State Organised Communal Violence and State Terror!”, “An Attack on One Is an Attack on All!” These slogans inscribed on the main banner summed up the resolve of the people participating in a militant protest action at Parliament on December 6, 2022, on the 30th anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid.
Continue readingMazdoor Ekta Committee (MEC) held a meeting on March 7, 2022, to mark International Women’s Day. The theme of the meeting, held online, was ‘The struggle of women for a society free from exploitation’.
Continue readingInternational Women’s Day 2022 was celebrated with great gusto and enthusiasm on Sunday, March 6th in Thane (Maharashtra). The program was organised jointly by the Bharatiya Mahila Federation (Thane Committee), Purogami Mahila Sangathan, Jamat-i-Islami Hind (Thane), Satguru Teri Oat Trust (Gurudwara Prabandhak, Waghbeel, Thane) and Shramik Janata Sangh.
Continue readingThe continuous protest of kisans at the borders of Delhi completed nine months on 25th August. Mazdoor Ekta Committee (MEC) organized a meeting on 6th September on the theme ‘Kisan andolan: Present situation and the way forward’. The meeting was conducted online.
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Hundreds of women activists from nearly 20 organisations as well as individual activists, school and university students, cultural activists, lawyers, nurses, teachers, homemakers and women from diverse professions participated in a spirited International Women’s Day rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on March 8, 2020.
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