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Report
MAHILA
CONGRESS
 The
Mahila Congress feels proud at its president, Smt. Rita
Bahuguna Joshi, having been part of the Indian delegation
at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which she attended
from 2nd to 9th March, 2005.
The
month of March is not only the month of Women's International
Day, but also when the Dandi yatra was held, which was one
of the solid foundation stone for social empowerment of
women in our nation. The women, till then always in purdah,
kept the Dandi Andolan strongly alive even after Bapu was
jailed, and were arrested in lakhs. On the 75th
anniversary of the Dandi yatra, the AIMC president, Dr.
Rita Bahuguna Joshi participated in the yatra flagged off
by our revered leader, Smt. Sonia Gandhi from Sabarmati.
Meanwhile, all over the nation women participated in strong
numbers in the token yatras in all districts and towns.
In the Yatra flagged off from `Gandhi Smriti' (Delhi), Dr.
Jaya Shukla (AIMC) and Smt. Motia Garg (DPMC president)
participated. To organize various aspects regarding women's
participation in the Dandi Smriti Yatra at Gujarat, Dr.
Sushma Yadav (AIMC incharge of state) and Smt. Renu Poswal
visited the state. For creating awareness about the Dandi
March in women, as well as ensuring their participation
in large numbers in the Yatra, a panel of six women from
AIMC has been sent to Gujarat, who will tour and reach the
final leg at Dandi with Mahilas from the district. These
women are: Smt. Manju Hembrum, Dr. Jaya Shukla, Dr. Sushma
Yadav, Dr. Shobhna Shah, Smt. Nusrat Rizvi and Smt. Kamla
Sahni.
 The
Women's Day was celebrated in all centers via relevant social
activities and functions. The MPMC president, Smt. Shobha
Oza organized a very successful seminar in Bhopal on "What
should be the punishment for a rapist". It was attended
by Dr. Shobhna Shah (AIMC incharge of MP), the DIG, women
psychiatrists and activist women. Most of them wanted court
judgement within three months while a large number of them
wanted much stronger punishment, more than 10% wanted death
penalty. The `Samajic Mahila Sangthan' organized in Dehradun
(6th March) through Dr. Jaya Shukla, a women's
workshop on Self Financing Groups. The Chandigarh UT president,
Smt. Lalit Joshi started a Mahila Congress `Sonia Gandhi
Women's Tailoring Center' with seven machines organized
by Major Krishnamohini. She also presided over a similar
function in Solan (HP), which Smt. Banarasi Meghwal (AIMC)
also attended with the tailoring center getting five machines
through Major Krishnamohini, fifteen Congress women were
honoured there. `Each One Teach One' forms were also distributed.
The Orissa PMC president, Smt. Ashima Mahananda organized
a function at Bhuvneshwar with Smt. Hema Gomang (secretary
AICC) as chief guest and Smt. Vijyalaxmi Sahu (AIMC) also
addressing. Children's debate and drawing competitions were
held. Reports have come in from Kotdwar (organized by Smt.
Sunita Bisht), Gurgaon (organized by Smt. Asha Sharma),
Guwahati (celebrated as Women's Empowerment Day), etc.
In
the PCC function upon completion of three years of the Congress
government in Uttaranchal, Dr. Jaya Shukla (AIMC) attended
with women activists. A sightless lady member of the Viklang
Vikas Department of the Maharashtra PCC, Ms. Vaishali Salavare
has been selected to represent India in the International
Chess Competition for the blind, to be held at Athens (Greece).
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Dr. Jaya Shukla
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