Daughters of the Nation; abbreviated as DeM) is an all-women outfit that advocates for jihad to establish Islamic law in Kashmir and for the secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India.
[1] It is a front organisation of the Hizbul Mujahideen, a jihadist militant group.
[2][3] The group was founded in 1987, and is headed by Asiya Andrabi, an "Islamic feminist".
[4] During the Kashmir militancy in the early 1990s, the group issued threats to women not wearing a face veil and burqa, some of whom became victims of acid attacks.
[5] The Government of India designated it a terrorist organisation and banned it in 2018.