[3] Several other affiliated State-based organisations developed, and the unified All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) was established in 1981.
The campaign was built around the theme of a father lamenting "If only I had a son" while showing his problem: a dark-skinned, unattractive daughter.
The government's Ministry of Information and Broadcast sided with AIDWA and directed stations not to air the ads because they violated the Cable and Television Networks Act of 1995 which states that no advertisement shall be permitted which "derides any race, caste, color, creed and nationality" and furthermore states that, "Women must not be portrayed in a manner that emphasizes passive, submissive qualities and encourages them to play a subordinate secondary role in the family and society."
The Bill, in its final version, was introduced in 2023 during a special session of Parliament and signed by President Droupadi Murmu.
[10] AIDWA organized a rally in October 2023 protesting the worsening socio-economic conditions under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The government, under Prime Minister Modi, told its Supreme court that criminalizing martial rape would be "excessively harsh".
Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, in existence since 1860, exempts men from charges of rape against their wives unless the woman in question is a minor.
Amidst slogans pledging to carry forward the struggle for women's equality and emancipation, legendary freedom fighter Capt.
It started with flag hoisting by AIDWA's national president Shyamali Gupta and homage to martyrs who sacrificed their lives for women's emancipation and social justice.
The women who spoke included representative of the Vachathi tribal mass rape survivor from Tamil Nadu, Parandhayi, who stood up against her sexual assault by forest and police officials for 19 years and finally succeeded in getting justice.
Special invitees included Teesta Setalvad, a civil rights activist and journalist, and Madhura Swaminathan, Head of the Economic Analysis Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, chair of the M.S.