The Voice of the Working Woman

In This Issue: • International Women's Day 1984 • Reports from States: ◦ West Bengal: Women Solidly Support Left Front Govt. – Shyamali Gupta ◦ Delhi: Women Active In The Anti-Dowry Campaign ◦ Kanpur: Women Participate In Jail Bharo Andolan – Laxmi Saigal ◦ Assam: AIDWA Enrolls Members In Worst Hit District – Tushita Daheeta ◦ Impressive Rally In Nalgonda - M. Udyam ◦ Bihar: Women Join Peace Rally - Sudha Bindu Mitra ◦ Kerala: Muslim Women Participate: Demand Common Civil Code - T. Devi ◦ Tamil Nadu: Women Fast In Protest Against 600 Women Workers’ Dismissal ◦ Punjab Branch Hold Meetings For Communal Harmony - Rajinder Kaur ◦ G.M.S. Tripura For More Powers To The State - Ila Bhattacharya ◦ Gujarat: Khandav Village-Dowry System Abolished – Nira Patel ◦ Joint Dharna Against Firing in Uran – Subhashini, Ali ◦ Demonstration At In-law’s House For Dowry Murder • Decisions of AIDWA • Mothers of Dowry Victims on Hungerstrike - Mehmuna • We are for Peace, says Joy Huitt, USA Coal miner • Crime rate drops in China • Rousing Reception to Delegates of USSR, China and Yugoslavia • U.S. responsible for deformed babies in Viet Nam • The inspiring story of Greenham Common - Jenice Allen • Mass dharna on 8th March in Kerala • Fate of women workers in Hyderabad • Women in Japan observe International Women's Day • Central Government Women Employees’ convention in West Bengal • I have chosen the Second and Arduous Way: Interview of Garment Factory Supervisor • WFTU Commission on Problems of Working Women