National Federation of Indian Women

National Federation of Indian Women
AbbreviationNFIW
Formation4 June 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-06-04), Calcutta, India
TypeWomen Organisation
Headquarters1002, Ansal Bhawan, 16, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi - 110001
General Secretary
Annie Raja
President
Aruna Roy
AffiliationsWomen's International Democratic Federation (WIDF)
Websitenfiw.wordpress.com

The National Federation of Indian Women is a women's organisation in India, the women's wing of the Communist Party of India.[1][2][3] It was established in 1954 June 4 by several leaders from Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti including Aruna Asaf Ali.[4][5][6]

Annie Raja is the current General Secretary and Aruna Roy is the current president of NFIW.[7]

The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 13, 2007
Mohd. Hamid Ansari lighting the lamp at the valedictory function of the birth centenary of late Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali, organized by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on July 16, 2009
  1. ^ Susanne Kranz (2015). Between Rhetoric and Activism. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 21. ISBN 978-3-643-90648-9.
  2. ^ Gail Minault (1989). The Extended Family: Women and Political Participation in India and Pakistan. Chanakyai Publications. p. 227. ISBN 978-81-7001-054-8.
  3. ^ Elisabeth Armstrong (7 November 2013). Gender and Neoliberalism: The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics. Routledge. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-317-91142-5.
  4. ^ Menon, Parvathi. Breaking Barriers: Stories of Twelve Women. New Delhi: LeftWord, 2005. p. 37
  5. ^ Overstreet, Gene D., and Marshall Windmiller. Communism in India. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1959. p. 402
  6. ^ "Book on history of Indian women's movement launched". business-standard.com.
  7. ^ "21st Congress of NFIW". communistparty.in.