Shahida Aslam a Mangalore based activist was unanimously elected as the new president of National Women’s Front at Puttanathani in Kerala on January 26.
Ms. Aslam was the Karnataka state unit president of the organization, earlier. A freelance journalist hailing from Mangaloreholding a masters degree in mass communication and journalism was part of the editorial board of Prastutha, a Mangalore based Kannada fortnightly. She had also worked for a women’s monthly magazine and was an office bearer of Karnataka women’s writers forum.
She presented a paper titled ‘Muslim women in public space’ at an international conference organised at Calicut by Institute of Objective Studies, Delhi and worked as a member of several fact finding teams for human rights organisation and women’s rights organisation.
The National President of the council, Ms. Shahida Tasnim in her speech stated that “the last two years of the organization were the years of growth. We were successful in reaching new places and setting state committees in Goa and Andhra Pradesh. The organization also received good response from women activists from Delhi which has encouraged us to take our movement to the northern parts of India”.
Ms Aslam, motivated the members to put in more efforts for the protection of rights and social justice in her valedictory speech.
Alima Fathima from Tamil Nadu and Fareeda Hasan from Kerala were chosen as the vice president and general secretary of the NWF, respectively.Courtesy:Karnataka Muslims
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