Feminism in western society, was born in the background of Renaissance. When in society a suppressed feeling tries to express itself to release its suffering, it finds its vitality with an uncontrolled momentum. A revolution in the inner sphere of society takes place. Naturally it has its childhood, adolescence, maturity etc. In early phase it started with the symbolic protest to break the institutions, to deny everything that is imposed by man, in their fantasy they created a world of their own – isolated and without a direction.
Category: Women
Dec 18
Womens Liberation Struggle in Islamic Society
by SHUBHASHISA AC. The Shariat law did not do justice to muslim women. Talibanisation was its extreme form. Many moderate muslims claim that such extreme form is a distortion to real essence of Islamic religion. Whatever is written in Koran Sharif and Hadish becomes a theoretical proposition if in practice women are pushed in …
Jun 15
RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women’s rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977. RAWA was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan. The founders were a number of Afghan …
Jun 15
TRAFFICKING – Prajwala, an anti-trafficking indian association
The philosophy of Prajwala evolved based on the need of women and children who are victims of trafficking. Prajwala emerged as an anti-trafficking organization, which believes in preventing women and children from entering prostitution, which is the worst form of sexual slavery. “Born in a poor family in Pileru, Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, instead …
May 25
War against the poorest
by Raktima Bose KOLKATA: Accusing the Centre of waging war against the “poorest people,” under the pretext of fighting Maoists in the mining belt, with the purpose of creating a “good investment climate,” author and social rights activist Arundhati Roy on Wednesday said creation of an atmosphere conductive to negotiations between the government and left-wing extremists …