CONTENTS: Preface, Introduction, 1. Background: Women's Question and Social Reform, 2. Towards a Radical Path: Regtional Mass Women's Organisations, 3. Making of NFIW: National and International Context, 4. Securing Women's Rights in Employment, 5. Social and Legal Battles against Women's Oppression, 6. Supporting Education of Women and Girls, 7. Struggles for Food, Water and Health, 8. Combating Communalism and Religious Fundameantatlism, 9. Peaced and International Solidarity, Epilogue, Appendix, Selected Bibliography, Abbreviation, Index.