Sudha Sundararaman
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Sudha Sundararaman | |
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 Sudha Sundararaman | |
| General Secretary, All India Democratic Women's Association | |
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| Born | 1958 |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
As of 27 January, 2007 Source: [1] | |
Sudha Sundararaman (born 1958) is an Indian politician and the central committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1] As of 2014, she is the general secretary of All India Democratic Women's Association.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Sundararaman became interested in the Students' Federation of India, a student wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist), while she was a student of English literature at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai.[3] After her graduation, she completed a Master of Philosophy and started her career as a school teacher. Sundararaman married one of her friends. During this time, she involved herself in activities such as saving women victims from violence against them. Following that, she quit her teaching job and joined All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), the women's wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1995, Sundararaman was appointed the general secretary of AIDWA Tamil Nadu and continued to hold the position till 2001.[3]
Sundararaman challenged the opposition to passing the Women's Reservation Bill which proposes to amend the Constitution of India to reserve 1/3 of all seats in the lower house of Parliament of India and in all state legislative assemblies for women.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "CPI(M) meet against communalism and terrorism". The Hindu. 15 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ "UPA diluting women's protection laws". The Hindu. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ a b c Ambujam Anantharaman (20 December 2004). "India: New Woman on the Top". Women's Feature Service. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014 – via Highbeam.
- ^ Sudha Sundararaman on India's Women's Reservation Bill
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- Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tamil Nadu
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Indian women activists
- Politicians from Chennai
- Women in Tamil Nadu politics
- Indian women's rights activists
- 20th-century Indian politicians
- 20th-century Indian women politicians
- Activists from Tamil Nadu
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- 21st-century Indian politicians