National Women's Front

NWF engages in personality development, family/premarital counselling, awareness programs of social nuances, professional classes for self-reliance, leadership/health/medical camps, campaign for various causes to help women in decision making in health, family planning, nutrition and economic issues not only for oneself but for the society as a whole.

The movement has also fought with the state with regard to the discriminatory family laws, state terror unleashing on people’s movements, etc. The struggle still continues to ensure democratic and multicultural atmosphere within which women take judicious and gender just decisions about allocation of resources and development funding for the construction of healthy groups. As stated, if women are empowered by the community, women can tilt the balance in the favour of justice.[2][3][4]

A workshop on Women Safety was organized by the National Women's Front at the India Islamic Cultural Center in New Delhi in 2013 where a participant noted that “the main reason behind the recent rape incident in December 2012 [Referring to Nirbhaya Rape Case] was alcohol, but no one stressed on the probation of alcohol which lead for this heinous crime. A stop this kind of violence we should work on awareness campaign against alcohol.”.[5]

In September of the same year National Women's Front organized the national campaign "Right to Hijab" across the country to create awareness about hijab and also promote the right to cultural identity.

In 2014, the NWF Delhi State unit held an International Women's Day celebration with their nationwide campaign "Women Representation – The Power to Empower".

In November of the same year, the NWF organised a conference ‘Awakening’ to debate issues concerning Indian women at Coimbatore. On the eve of the conference, an expo on women's rights and issues was inaugurated by Popular Front of India state president A.S.Ismail. Graphic illustrations of domestic violence, rape, female foeticide and riots victims have been presented at the expo.[6]

NWF conducted a campaign related to human rights and legal awareness in various States of India.

The Kerala State committee of National Women's Front organized a campaign against the Uniform Civil Code, as a part of national level of initiative to create awareness of the threat posed by the Code to the cultural diversity of India. They termed the Uniform Civil Code "anti-national" as it eliminates the diversity of different communities ultimately destroying Indian Nationalism. According to them it is a manifestation of anti-Muslim tendencies of Hindutva groups.[7]

It strongly condemned the disgraceful attack on muslim women at the Mandsaur railway station in Madhya Pradesh. She called for an end to violence, for the culprits to be brought to justice, and for the Government to control hate speakers.[8]

Irom Chanu Sharmila has been fasting since 2000 demanding the withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) imposed in Manipur. Her arrest, after the release order from the Imphal Sessions Court, was condemned by the NWF national secretariat members who gathered a meeting in their headquarters. When she called an end to her 16 long year fast to enter politics, she received a negative response from the people of Manipur itself. But NWF and other minorities group supported her decision in this cause.[9]

NWF conducts anti-dowry campaign across the nation on behalf of that it conducted Mohalla program in the year 2012.[10]

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