Women farmers stage huge protests across India over Modi’s agriculture laws
A woman covers a child from the intensity of a bonfire as protesting farmers and their families mark Lohri festival on a blocked highway in protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border
FEMALE farmers staged thousands-strong rallies in many Indian states on Monday calling for the repeal of pro-corporate agricultural laws.
January 18 was declared Women Farmers’ Day in India and a range of women’s organisations staged rallies and tractor parades demanding the Narendra Modi government reverse the laws, which lift price controls on essential crops and allow private stockpiling and unregulated cross-state sale of foods.
A joint statement issued by the All-India Democratic Women’s Association (Aidwa), the National Federation of Indian Women, All-India Progressive Women’s Association and others read: “The Modi government has launched a full-scale attack on the survival of a large section of our population.
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