AGARTALA, Aug 11 (TIWN): All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), the women's wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday organised a mass rally outside RS Bhawan as an observance of first convention of All India Democratic Women's Association.

On the one side C PI-M women unit staged a mass rally to raise voice for the equal rights of the women in the state but never took any initiative to curb the rising crime against women in the state.

Rape, molestation, brutality against women has gone high but AIDWA members never comes out for raising voice against the brutality on women.  The AIDWA on Thursday raised voice for equal right but where does their rights goes when any women cries for justice.

However, CM Manik Sarkar also attended the first convention of All India Democratic Women's Association.

It is to  be mentioned here that Pappa Umanath founded the Democratic Women's Association in Tamil Nadu in 1973, working for women's rights and for their education, employment and status, along with issues like casteism, Communalism, child rights and disaster aid. 

Several other affiliated State-based organisations developed, and the unified All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) was established in 1981.

AIDWA has an annual membership fee of one rupee, which allows it policy-independence from donor agencies and government. In 2007, it had over 10 million members, spread across the nation.

The first National Conference of AIDWA was held at Chennai in 1981, with delegates from 12 states representing 590,000 members. The eighth National Conference was held at Kolkata in 2007, with 951 delegates from 23 states, representing a membership of around 18,600,000. Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu addressed the inaugural session.