Archive · 19 Dec 2025
Women's Liberation Central to India's Democracy: Meenakshi
Meenakshi Natarajan, a member of the Congress Working Committee, gave a speech in Hyderabad.
She talked about how important women's rights are for India's democracy.
She said that women have always fought against unfair rules and that their work, even if unpaid, is very important.
She also mentioned some brave women who helped write India's constitution.
She believes that women's participation in politics is crucial for making India a fairer and more inclusive country.
Meenakshi Natarajan emphasized the centrality of women's liberation to India's democratic evolution.
She challenged the notion that gender roles are biologically fixed, citing historical and spiritual traditions.
Natarajan highlighted the devaluation of women's unpaid domestic work as a political mechanism sustaining gender inequality.
She traced the evolution of women's movements globally, from early labor struggles to the UN's International Women's Year in 1975.
Natarajan drew attention to the contributions of 15 women members of the Constituent Assembly in shaping India's constitutional debates.
- Who
- Meenakshi Natarajan, CWC member
- What
- Highlighted the importance of women's liberation in India's democratic evolution
- When
- During the 22nd C D Deshmukh Memorial Lecture
- Where
- Hyderabad
- Why
- To emphasize the role of women in shaping India's democracy and constitutional history
- Speaker
- Meenakshi Natarajan
- Event
- 22nd C D Deshmukh Memorial Lecture
- Organizer
- Council for Social Development (CSD)
- Location
- Hyderabad
- Key Figures
- Hansa Mehta, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Sarojini Naidu, Durgabai Deshmukh, Dakshayani Velayudhan