| INDIA
Andhra Pradesh- Women have formed an activist group from St
Joseph’s Edln. & Social Services Society who work with Dalit and
Adivasi (Tribal) women who are agricultural labourers and landless and
will have Strike action – against dowry deaths, atrocities on women and
girls at workplaces and to stop upper caste communities taking away their
rights. An environmentalist
saw website and has offered to help. Chhattisgarh Women’s Organisation (CWO) are again organizing a meeting in Pithora where village women, including Dalit and Tribal women, will put their demands to the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. The demands include equal pay for equal work, land rights, safe drinking water, health and medical facilities, removing "untouchability" against Dalit people, a bonus for Tendu leaf (smoke stick business that Tribal women particularly work in). "We are also raising our voice against globalisation, the World Trade Organisation, and the IMF which is affecting our people adversely." |