Other Organizations in Voluntary Sector

NFIW: The National Federation of Indian Women in India (NFIW) is amongst the largest women’s organization in India today. It was founded in 1954 as the women’s wing of the Communist party of India (CPI), with Aruna Asaf Ali among its prominent leaders.

AIDWA: The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) (1981) takes upon itself the task organising the masses of women in town and villages of India and of building a powerful broad based women’s movement for the uplift and betterment of the lot of the women as a whole, to remove all discrimination between man and woman, to fight for democracy, equal rights and emancipation of women, in a society free from exploitation. It is the women's wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

The women’s movement during 1970s and 1980s while being effective in bringing women’s issues back into the arena of public debate was only a beginning of the long struggle ahead for equality, justice and dignity to all women.