Guwahati : Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Friday urged the Assam women to build a strong and united movement to promote peace and development

Addressing a women's rally at Rangiya in Kamrup district, Ms. Karat said women were the worst victims of insurgency in the State. She urged both Union Government and the United Liberation Front of Asom to hold an unconditional dialogue.

The rally was organised by the Assam State committee of the All-India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) to observe completion of 25 years of the largest women's body of the country. State AIDWA president Madhuri Devi chaired it.

Ms. Karat said the massive turnout at the rally was a clear signal to the Government and insurgent outfits that Assam women wanted peace and development and were against arms.

The Centre and the State Government should pay special attention to the Assamese women for developing their skills, such as weaving and handicraft through self-help group initiatives.

Ms. Karat, who is also AIDWA vice-president, expressed concern that the women of Assam and other northeast States too were affected by social evils such as dowry and atrocities against them. This needed to be strongly resisted by building up a united women's movement.

She said women movement in India for emancipation should be centred on rights of poor women, against the culture of dependence and against the caste system.

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