International Women’s Day -2015 observed by affiliates of AIRF

ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN’S FEDERATION

International Women’s day 2015

International Women’s day (IWD), 2015 was celebrated by affiliates of All India Railway Men’s Federation. Women’s week from 2^nd March to 11^th March was celebrated to secure the women’s right and to increase the active participation of more and more women in the Trade union Movement. A clarion call to extend solidarity with Jimena Lopez, General Secretary and founder of the Aerolane Workers’ Trade Union (Sindicato de Travajadores De Aeroland, SITA), who has been dismissed from a subsidiary of the LATAM group was a mandatory part of each programme.

During the week various solidarity awareness programmes, seminars, workshops, symposium, campaigns, rallies, welfare activities and meetings were organized in different parts of country by respective zones. Various activities were organized at different parts of India; prominently at Delhi, Patna, Mumbai, Nagpur, Chennai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Allahabad, Amritsar Workshoip, Hyderabad, Pune, Jhansi, Lucknow, Moradabad. Seminars on women empowerment, Health Check-up camps and Campaigns were organized on the subjects such as “Raise your voice against KANYA BHRUN HATYA”, “Violence and harassments against women”, “know your rights and fight for it”, Health check up camps, street plays that attempts to create awareness and sensitize people on atrocities against women and highlights of the heinous violence and harassment against women at working and public places and self defense for women which is an essential requirement for women to survive in atrocious society, were also organized during the week. Social activists, Sr. Leaders, Officials and young women achievers were invited to talk on the empowerment and to boost up the morals and confidence of women workers.

Our affiliates left no stone unturned to consolidate our voice to support Jimena Lopez, thereby ensuring compliance with the core principles of the ILO to reinstate Jimena. Protest March against for such violation of Human Rights in LATAM Airlines group’s subsidiary in Ecuador, was held to join hands together in the solidarity.

On one hand, women are unsafe due to violence/harassment and on the other hand due to anti labour policies of governments; women are first and easy targeted, and are suffering with loads of work. The unions under the esteemed guidance of Veteran Leader Com. Shiva Gopal Mishra, General Secretary/ AIRF are consistently fighting for rights and more facilities to the women employees. Large numbers of privileges are achieved too. Hence fore, the precise reflection of which there is augmentation in IWD programmes throughout the nation and larger number of women actively participated as well.

With the observation of ‘International Women’s Day 2015’ the message of solidarity was spread amongst the women working in transport sector all around the nation, and their mettle was rewarded and recognized as well. Besides being a salute to the spirit of womanhood, Women’s Day is a reminder of vigilance and action required to ensure they gain and maintain equality in all aspects of life.

  JAYA AGARWAL

                                                                                                                        (CONVENER/AIRF)

Annexure A

NRMU

1. Delhi 2^nd March             Conference
2. Delhi 4^th March              Street play
3. Lucknow 9^th March              Workshop
4. Moradabad 9^th March Awareness programme
5. Varanasi 9^th March              Awareness Programme
6. Amritsar 9^th March              Workshop
7. Delhi 9^th March              Symposium
8. Haridwar 9^th March              Health checkup
9. Ambala      9^th March              Workshop
10. Jagadhari   9^th March              workshop
11. Jullandher 9^th March              Seminar

NWREU

1. Ajmer 8^th March              Symposium
2. Jaipur 9^th March              Campaign

SCRMU

1. Hyderabad 9^th March              Conference
2. Guntur 10^th  March                  Conference

WREMU

1. Ahemdabad 9^th March             Conference
2. Mumbai Parel 9^th March Conference

NRMU CR

1. Pune 9^th March              Awareness programme
2. Mumbai 9^th March              Symposium

SWRMU

1. Hubli 9^th March              Conference
2. Bangalore 9^th March     Anti violence Campaign

ECRKU

1. Patna 5^th March              Awareness Programme

SECRMU

1. Nagpur 8^th March              Campaign

SRMU

1. Chennai 4^th March              quiz Competition

                   9^th March              Sports fest

                   10^th March            indoor games

                   11^th March            Cultural programme

2. Madurai

ERMU

1. Kolkotta 5^th March              Health checkup Camp
2. Jamalpur 8^th march              conference
3. Asansol 9^th March             Awareness Workshop
4. Howrah 9^th March              Cultural Programme

ECoREU

1. Vishakhapatnam 5^th March Workshop
2. Bhuvneshwar 9^th March    Workshop

WCREU

1. Kota 9^th March    Symposium
2. Jabalpur 5^th March    Awareness programme

NCR

1. Allahabad 9^th March     Seminar on empowerment

NFR

1. Guwahati 8^th March    Workshop
2. New Bangai gaon 8^th March Conference
3. Tinsukhiya 8^th March    Conference
4. Mali Gaon 8^th March    Fruit distribution
5. Alipur 8^th March    Fruit distribution/seminar in hospital
6. Badalpur 8^th March    Indoor games

NERMU

1. Izzak nagar 9th March   Health check up Camp
2. Lucknow 10^th March  Conference
3. Gorakhpur 9^th March    Seminar
4. Varanasi 10^th March  Symposium

SERMU

1. Ranchi 8^th March

RCF

1. Kapurthala 9^th March

Beside above said programs short programmes were also conducted by our affiliates at-

CLWRMU-Chittaranjan, DLWMU-Varanasi, ICFLU-Chennai, RCFMU-Kapurthala, RWFMU-Bangalore, DCWRMU-Patiala, RDSOKS-Lucknow and MTPRMU-Kolkota.