[WSMDiscuss] Women's March - India : Women Vote for Change - Women’s Voices against Fear and Hatred

[Jai Sen]

Sunday, March 24, 2019

India in movement…, Women in movement…, Ideas in movement…

[Apologies for the repetition, but general elections are coming up in India in April-May, and which are arguably going to be a historic moment of decisive struggle between forces of rising fascism and because of that, of mob intolerance, and for, at the monimum an open and more liberal society.  In the increasingly toxic context in which India today lives, women from all over India have decided to act and put themselves on the front line by marching against fear and hatred on April 4.

[But see this sentence for a perhaps unusual pairing that strips the ‘near-liberal’ mask off so-called ‘neoliberalism’ :

“The growth of fascist and neo-liberal forces in the country, and the resulting rise in violence in society, has deeply impacted the lives of women.” 

[And so :

“Women’s March, India is an inclusive platform for diverse communities of women who seek to dismantle the current regime of oppression and strive towards a just and peaceful future.”

            In solidarity !




औरतें उट्ठी  नहीं तो ज़ुल्म बढ़ता जायेगा

Women's March - India

Women Vote for Change

हमारा वोट बदलाव के लिए

Women’s Voices against Fear and Hatred

 
Women across India will march together on the 4th of April, 2019 to reject the current environment of hate and violence and to claim their constitutional rights as citizens of a democratic republic.
Women’s March, India is aimed at uniting voices of dissent against the targeted attacks on the Constitutional rights of women in India.
 
The growth of fascist and neo-liberal forces in the country, and the resulting rise in violence in society, has deeply impacted the lives of women. Attacks on minorities, especially Muslims, Dalits and Christians, which have taken various forms including fake encounter killings and mob lynching by the cow vigilantes have created an atmosphere of fear and insecurity.
 
There is a steady deterioration in the rule of law and the basic constitutional commitment to equality. Neo-liberal economic policies and growing crony capitalism have adversely impacted women in general, but especially those who belong to the Dalit, Adivasi and other marginalised communities. Their fragile economic base has been devastated and the environmental destruction unleased has impacted them severely.
 
The last few years have witnessed a frontal attack on the Constitution, particularly on the freedom of expression it guarantees – the right to dress, speak, write, eat and choose – which impacts women disproportionately.
 
Voices of dissent have been systematically silenced. While Sudha Bhardwaj, Shoma Sen and many others are languishing in jails, women like Gauri Lankesh have had to pay with their lives for exercising their fundamental right to speech and expression.
 
As we move towards the 2019 general elections, we are reminded every day of the acute need to unite to defeat the casteist, communal and divisive forces that threaten to tear the fabric of our nation. Our vote is critical in deciding our fate and the fate of our fellow citizens.
 
There is an urgent need for women and transgender people in every sphere - students, activists, professionals, domestic workers, artists, academics, bureaucrats, journalists, lawyers, sex workers, farmers and forest dwellers - to raise our voices collectively against fascism, violence, hate, discrimination and war. We need to reclaim our republic, assert our rights guaranteed by the Constitution and stand up against the dismantling of our democratic institutions.  Most importantly, we need to fight against the shrinking of our democratic spaces and the crackdown on dissent. 
 
Women’s March, India is an inclusive platform for diverse communities of women who seek to dismantle the current regime of oppression and strive towards a just and peaceful future.
We invite you to be co-travellers in this journey and join us on the 4th of April.
 
This is a National call to organize Women Marches across Cities, towns, Talukas, villages and wherever else possible on April 4th.
 
 
 
 <>A. Mangai, theatre Activist and Academician, Chennai.
Aabha, TISS (alumni), Mumbai
Aarti
Aasha Ramesh, MAKAAM, Karnataka
Aasha Ramesh, Women's Rights Activist and Researcher, Bangalore;
Aasima, Delhi Solidarity Forum
Abha Bhaiya, OBR India
Abhiti Gupta
Adsa Fatima, Health activist, Delhi
Afra Shafiq
Aheli Choudhry, JOSH
Akole Tsuhah, MAKAAM, Nagaland
Alice Moris, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Alka Vijay, Alwar, NFIW, Rajasthan
Aloka Kujur, social activist, NAPM, Jharkhand, WSS
Amandeep, NFIW, Rajasthan
Amita Baviskar
Amita Buch, Ahmedabad
Amrita Johri
Anandhi
Anchita Ghatak
Anita Mathur, Jaipur
Anita Ratnam, Bengaluru
Anita Tailor, NFIW, Rajasthan
Anjali Bhardwaj, SNS
Anjali Monterio, Mumbai
Anjlee Agarwal, Samarthyam Women with Disabilities Forum for Action, New Delhi
Anju Singh, AIDMAM
Anjum Ara Begum
Ankita Luharia, Jaipur
Ankita Maloo, Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Rajasthan
Annie Raja, NFIW
Anu Kapoor, Swayam
Anu Verma, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Anuradha Kapoor, Kolkata
Anurita Hazarika,
Aparna Dixit
Aparna, research scholar, DSF, JNU
Apeksha Vora, Mumbai
Archana Singh,
Aruna Roy, MKSS, Rajasthan
Aruna, KMVS, Kutch, Gujarat
Arundhati Dhuru, NAPM
Asha Kaushik, RUWA, Jaipur
Ashiti
Ashlesha Khadse, Amrita Bhumi, Karnataka;
Aswathy Senan
Ayeesha Rai, National Network of Sex workers
Aysha Khan, RTF campaign
Azeema, Gujarat
Baitina, NFIW, Rajasthan
Banamallika Choudhury, NEthing, Guwahati, Assam
Bhanwari Bai, Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Rajasthan
Bharti Bindoria, NFIW, Rajasthan
Bina Panchal, NFIW, Rajasthan
Binny, MAKAAM, Jharkhand
Bishakha Datta, Point of View, Mumbai
Bittu Karthik
Boby Dixit, NFIW, Rajasthan
Bondita Acharya, WING-Assam
Brinelle D’Souza, Indian Christian Women’s Movement, Mumbai
Chaitali
Chanda Asani, Jaipur
Chandar Kala, NFIW, Rajasthan
Chayanika Shah, LABIA- A Queer Feminist LBT Collective, Mumbai
Chetali Haldar
Chhaya Pachauli, Jaipur
Corriene Kumar, Bengaluru
Cynthia Stephen, TEDS Trust, DAWNS, Chennai
Deepa Gupta, MAKAAM, Uttrakhand
Deepa V, Delhi
Deepika, Educator, Patna
Deshdeep
Dev Desai, Gujarat
Devaki Jain
Devika , Pinjra Tod, Delhi
Dhanak, organization of inter caste and interfaith couples, Delhi
Dhiviya, Delhi
Diamond Oberoi Vahali
Diana, CIEDS Collective, Karnataka
Dimple
Dinesh Desai,
Dipta Bhog
Divya Srinivasan
Divya Srinivasan, Delhi
Dr. Bhan Kaur Pilibanga, NFIW, Rajasthan
Dr. Radha Bhandari, NFIW, Rajasthan
Dr. Vaishali Patil, MAKAAM, Maharashtra
Dr.Tonam Sharma, NFIW, Rajasthan
Elina Horo, Adivasi Women’s Network, Jharkhand
Elizabeth Cherian
Ena Zafar
Faizan Alam, Delhi
Farah Naqvi, writer, activist, Delhi
Farida Khan, Pehchan
Firdous Siddiqui
Fizza Hussain, ICC member, intersectional feminist, researcher, AMU
Flavia Agnes, Advocate, Majlis, Mumbai
Ganga Gupta, Bikaner
Gargi Chakravarty ,NFIW
Gargie Munglekar, MAKAAM, Maharashtra
Gauri Chowdhury, Action India
Geeta Chhipa, NFIW, Rajasthan
Geeta Seshu, journalist, Free Speech Collective
Ghazala Paul, Gujarat
Girija Gupte, Workers’ Rights Activist, Mumbai
Grace Banu
Gurkirth Kaur, Alwar, NFIW, Rajasthan
Hasina Khan, bebaak Collective, Mumbai
Heera Jhangpani,
Hema Gobindram, Mumbai
Hema Swaminathan, IIMB, Bangalore, Karnataka
Himshi Singh, NAPM
Hiral Dave, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Honey Oberoi Vahali
Inayat Singh Kakar, jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Punjab
Indira Pancholi, Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Rajasthan
Indira, Human Rights Forum, Hyderabad
Indradeep Sen, IPTA, Delhi
Iram Khan, NFIW, Rajasthan
Isha Sharma, NFIW, Rajasthan
Ismita Pandya, Ahmedabad
Jahnvi Andharia, NOIDA
Jalpa Sharma, NFIW, Rajasthan
Janaki Abraham
Japleen Pasricha, Feminism in India, New Delhi
Jashodara Das Gupta,NFI
Jaya Velankar
Jeevika Shiv, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Jenny Liang, Assam
Jharna AWAG, Ahmedabad
Jhelum
Jiya Bindoria, NFIW, Rajasthan
Johanna Lokhande
Joycia, YWCA, Mumbai
Jyothi Raj and team, Bhu Shakti Kendra, Tumkur, Karnataka;
Jyoti Taneja, NFIW, Rajasthan
Jyotsna Jha
Jyotsna Siddharth, actor and activist, Delhi
Kabi, FAOW, PUCL, Mumbai
Kalpana Chakravarthy, Social activist, Karnataka;
Kameshwari Jandhyala, Hyderabad
Kamla Bhasin, Delhi
Karen Pineiro
Kartikay Shukla, Haath Uthao Campaign, Delhi
Karuna Philip, Mahila Jan Adhikar Samiti, Rajasthan
Kavita Krishnan, AIPWA
Kavita Punjabi
Kavita Srivastava, PUCL, Rajasthan
Kavitha Devadas, Delhi
Kavitha Kuruganti, NFT Mumbai, MAKAAM
Kavitha Srinivasan, CIEDS Collective, Karnataka
Kawalpreet Kaur, AISA, Delhi
Khadija Farooqui
Khairunnisha, Parwaaz, Ahmedabad
Kirtida Vora,
Komal Shrivastava, Jaipur
Koninika Ray, NFIW
Krishna Menon
Kritika, Law Student, Mumbai
Krupa Dholakia, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Kruti, KMVS, Kutch, Gujarat
Kusum, Rajasthan
Lad Kumari Jain, Jaipur
Lakhvindar Kaur Khajuwala, NFIW, Rajasthan
Lal Pal, NFIW, Rajasthan
Lalita Missal, MAKAAM, Odissa
Lalita Ramdas
Lalita Sharma Pugal, NFIW, Rajasthan
Lara Jesani, Advocate, Mumbai
Leena Dabiru, India Inclusive, Baatein Aman Ki, Delhi
Lena Ganesh
Logna Bezbaruah
Lubna irfan, Aligarh
Madhu Bhushan, CIEDS Collective, Karnataka; 
Madhulika, Dungarpur
Madhuri Varshney, Dwarka Collective, Delhi
Maitreyee Kuhu, Delhi
Malobika, Queer feminist activist, Kolkata
Malshri, KMVS, Kutch, Gujarat
Mamatha Yajaman, CIEDS Collective , Karnataka
Mamta Jaitley, Jaipur
Mamta Singh, Humsafar, Lucknow, UP
Mamta Soni, NFIW, Rajasthan
Manish Kumar, ANHAD
Manish Sharma, Hath Uthaao Campaign
Manish Shrivastava, IPTA, Delhi
Manisha Gupte, Pune
Manjeet Arora, NFIW, Rajasthan
Manju Sharma, Alwar, NFIW, Rajasthan
Manjusha Bhagade
Manpreet Bagdi, NFIW, Rajasthan
Mary John
Mausumi Chetia, PHD researcher
Medha Patkar, NAPM
Meena Gopal, Forum, Mumbai
Meena Rajgor, Kutch
Meena Seshu, Maharshtra
Meenal, Delhi
Meenu Vadera, Azad Foundation
Meera Sanghamitra, NAPM
Meghna Mehra, All India Queer Association
Miheshi, BHU
Minakshi, NFIW, Rajasthan
Minaxi Sharma,
Minu Jain
Mridula Mangalam, BHU, Haath Uthao Campaign
Muniza Khan, Varanasi
Munni, NFIW, Rajasthan
Nandi, NFIW, Rajasthan
Nandini Das
Nandini Rao
Nandita Gandhi, Mumbai
Nandita Shah, Mumbai
Naseema Khatoon, Jaipur
NastasiaPaul Gera, Delhi
Navsharan Kaur
Nayana
Neela Bhagwat, Mumbai
Neema Pathak, Pune
Neetu, NFIW, Rajasthan
Nikita Patodia, Mumbai
Nimisha Desai, Vadodara, Gujarat
Nimmi Chauhan, Gujarat
Nini Mehrotra, Delhi
Nirja Bhatnagar, Mumbai
Nirjari Sinha, Gujarat
Nisha Agarwal, Delhi
Nisha Rani, Bihar
Nisha Siddhu, Jaipur
Nishi Mehrotra, MAKAAM, Lucknow
Nita Mahajan, Gujarat Lok Samiti
Niti Saxena, MAKAAM, Lucknow
Nitika Pant, Barreily, UP
Noorjahan Diwan, Ahmedabad
Nupur, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Ojaswini Bakshi, Delhi 
Om Kanwar, NFIW, Rajasthan
P Prasanathi, Hyderabad
Padmapriya, MSF
Pallav, Delhi
Pallavi Sobti Rajpal, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Pallavi, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Parbhati, NFIW, Rajasthan
Paromita
Paula, Sahyog
Payal Maheshwari, Rajasthan
Persis Ginwala, Ahmedabad
Pooja Shukla, Lucknow
Poonam Kathuria, Ahmedabad
Poushali Basak, FAOW, Mumbai
Pragna Joshi, PUCL, Rajasthan
Pramod Pathak, Jaipur
Prarthana
Pratap Singh Negi, Delhi
Preeti, PCLRA, Ahmedabad
Premlata Saini, NFIW, Rajasthan
Prerna Puri, NFIW, Rajasthan
Priti, PCLRA, Ahmedabad
Priya Pillai, Delhi
Priyanka Shukla, All India Lawyers Union
Priyanka Soni, NFIW, Rajasthan
Prof Kusumam Joseph, NAPM, Kerala
Purab Bhardwaj, Delhi
Purnima Gupta, Delhi
Pushpa Achanta, Writer & Consultant, Bangalore;
Rachana Mudraboyina
Radhay Pandey
Rajashri Dasgupta
Rajim ji, Mahila Adhikar Manch, Chattisgarh
Rakhi Sehgal, Delhi
Rakhi, NFIW, Rajasthan
Rama
Rani Vyas, Kolayat, Bikaner
Rani, Anupgadh, NFIW, Rajasthan
Ranu Bhogal
Ranu Jain, academician, Mumbai
Rashi, research scholar, JNU
Rashmi Kayat, Delhi
Rathi, CIEDS Collective, Karnataka
Ratna Mathur, Delhi
Ratna Sudarshan
Reeta Kaushik
Reeta, Gorakhpur
Rehan Trimizi, Delhi
Rehana, Muzaffarnagar
Rekha Raj,
Renu Thakur, MAKAAM, Uttrakhand
Renuka Parcha, Jaipur
Richa Audhichya, MAKAAM, Rajasthan
Richa Chintan
Richa Singh, UP
Rita Sarin
Ritambhara, Delhi
Ritu Diwan, Mumbai
Rituparna Borah, Delhi
Roshan Rathod, MAKAAM, Uttrakhand
Rosina, Ahmedabad
Rukmini Rao, MAKAAM, Telangana
Rupamanjiri
Rupsa Mallik, Delhi
Ruth Manorama, Bengaluru
S Anandhi
S. Ashalatha, MAKAAM, Hyderabad
S.Ashalatha, MAKAAM, Hyderabad
Sadhna Meena, NFIW, Rajasthan
Sahar Bhog
Sakina Bahora, FAOW, Mumbai
Sameera Iyengar, Mumbai
Sandhya Gokhale, FAOW, Mumbai
Santosh Sharma, gender activist, New Delhi
Sarika Choudhry, JNUSU
Sarita Balooni, Delhi
Sarita, Chattisgarh
Sarojini N, Health activist, Delhi
Saroop Dhruv, Ahmedabad
Seema Anandhi
Seema Azad, PUCL
Seema Kulkarni, MAKAAM, Maharashtra
Seema Rajoria, MP
Sejal Dand, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Sejal Dave, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Shabnam Aziz, Jaipur
Shabnam Hashmi, Anhad, Delhi
Shabnam Sawaimadhopur, NFIW, Rajasthan
Shachi Adyanthaya, New Delhi
Shail Kaur¸ NFIW, Rajasthan
Shakun Mohini, CIEDS Collective, Karnataka
Shakuntala Pamecha, social worker, Rajsamand Mahila Manch, Rajasthan
Shalini Gera
Shalini Singh, Delhi
Shalu Joshi
Shambhavi Prakash, New Delhi
Shampa Sikdar, Chattisgarh
Shanta Sinha
Shanthamma, CIEDS Collective, Karnataka
Sharanya Patnaik, MAKAAM, Odissa
Sharda, NFIW, Rajasthan
Sharmila Bhagat, New Delhi
Sharmila, NFIW, Rajasthan
Sheba George, Ahmedabad
Shilpa Ahluwalia, Mumbai
Shital, Ahmedabad
Shrujana Niranhani Shridhar, artist, Mumbai
Shubhangi
Shweta Tripathi, Delhi
Shyam Bala, Rajasthan
Shyista A Khan
Simran, NFIW, Rajasthan
Smita Gandhi, Mumbai
Smita Pandya, Ahmedabad
Sneha Makkad
Soma KP, MAKAAM, Delhi
Soma, NFIW, Rajasthan
Sonal Kellogg, Sabfree Foundation, Ahmedabad
Sonal Mehta, Ahmedabad
Sonia Jabbar
Sophia Khan, Ahmedabad
Steven S George , Delhi
Sudha Choudhary, Professor, Udaipur
Sudha Nagavarapu, Sangtin, Uttar Pradesh;
Sudha Reddy, EFSA, Bangalore;
Suganda Nagar, New Delhi
Sujana Krishnamurti, the Mango, Mumbai
Sujata Gothoskar, FAOW, Mumbai
Sujata Khandekar,CORO India
Sumitra , MAKAAM, Himachal Pradesh
Sunehra Deshpande, Ahmedabad
Suniat Rani, National Domestic Workers Union, NAPM
Sunita , NFIW, Rajasthan
Sunita Kanwar, NFIW, Rajasthan
Supriya Chotani
Susan Abraham, Advocate, Mumbai
Sushila, Ahmedabad
Sushma Arora, NFIW, Rajasthan
Sushma Birulee, NAPM, Kharkhand
Sushmita, senior researcher, writer, CJP, Mumbai
Swarna Bhat, Grameena Kooli karmikara Sangathane (GRAKOOS), Karnataka;
Swati Desai, Paryawaran Suraksha samiti, NAPM, Gujarat
Swati Gahlot, NFIW, Rajasthan
Swatija Paranjape, FAOW, Mumbai
Syeda Hameed, Delhi
Tara Ahluwalia, Bhilwara, Rajasthan
Teesta Setalvad, Mumbai
TN Uma, Delhi
Uma, NAPM
Usha Choudhary, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Usha Seethalaxmi, MAKAAM, Telangana, AP
Usha Sharma, NFIW, Rajasthan
Vaishali, Ahmedabad
Vandana Mahajan,
Vandana Misra
Vani Subramanian
Varsha Ganguly, MAKAAM, Gujarat
Varsha Vidya Vilas, Mumbai
Vasanthi Raman
Veena Gowda, Advocate, Mumbai
Vibhuti Patel
Vidya Dinker, INSAF, Karavali Karnataka Janabhivriddhi Vedike, Karnataka
Vijayalaxmi Joshi, Jaipur
Vinita Jain, Jaisalmer, NFIW, Rajasthan
Vinod Koshti
Yaqub Mohd, Hawkers Wender’s Rights Rajasthan
Yuman Hussain, Azad India Foundation, Bihar
Zainab Patel, New Delhi


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