Anantnag, Mar 08 (KNS): On the eve of International Women’s day, the CPI (M) held a convention in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district to express solidarity with women’s struggles for equality and emancipation.
Addressing the convention CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said that this day draws its history from March 8, 1857 when women across classes, regions, communities raised the demand for women emancipation. He said that it is not a coincidence but a consequence of the failures of the systems, the inequality between nations, social classes, the rich and the poor and between men and women making lives of masses particularly women more difficult.
Tarigami said that on this day, therefore women pledge to fight for a better world where they would be free from exploitation and gender based discrimination.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel“The exponential increase in violence against women require contrary effort to build up broad based resistance through united actions by women organizations and groups, he stressed.”
State Secretary CPI (M) G.N Malik in his address said that women continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and political achievements worldwide but progress towards gender parity has unfortunately slowed. He said that this day is a collective day of global celebrations which also makes a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
Others who spoke on the occasion include Ab Rashid Najar CITU leader, Jameela Sabri General Secretary Anganwadi Union, Haseena Sofi senior leader Anganwadi Union, Lateefa and Fehmida Anganwadi leaders, Dilshada and Nazia ASHA leaders and Mahjabeena of Helpers Union. (KNS)