Forum
The Dissent of a Woman
Pallavi Polanki
Pallavi Polanki
05 Nov, 2009
A national forum for single women will protest social discrimination against widowed, destitute and unmarried women.
A national forum for single women, formed last month in New Delhi, will protest social discrimination against widowed, destitute and unmarried women. Called the National Forum for Single Women’s Rights, the group is represented by women from Gujarat, Bihar, HP, Jharkhand, MP, Rajasthan and Orissa. In a letter to the Government, they have demanded a monthly social security of Rs 1,000, free healthcare and property rights, among other things.
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