GIO Elects Its First National President and General Secretary

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Advocate Sumaiya Roshan(third from left), first national president of the Girls Islamic Organaization, addreses media in New Delhi on July 31, 2022. Second from left is Samar Ali, GIO's first national general secretary. Phto: India Tomorrow.

Girls Islamic Organisation (GIO), the girls’ student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), has elected its first national president and general secretary at its national meeting in New Delhi on July 30. Earlier, the GIO had its state council presidents and secretaries that directly worked under the women wing of the JIH.

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NEW DELHI—Girls Islamic Organization (GIO), one of the foremost women organizations in India, elected its first national president and general secretary here on July 30.

Earlier, GIO operated directly under the women’s wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and had state council presidents and secretaries.

While Advocate Sumaiya Roshan from Karnataka was elected the first president of the National Federation of GIO, Samar Ali from Kerala became its general secretary.

While the national president and general secretary will be at the helm of affairs of the GIO, the newly formed Federation will comprise a Federal Committee having representatives from all state units of the GIO. The federation committee will have a term of two years.

GIO is the girls’ student organization of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. GIO is a non-profit organization and has been actively engaging on various issues regarding women in general and Muslim women in particular across the country since1984.

The organization has a presence in almost every state in India. Over the past few years, GIO at the state level worked for the overall development of Muslim women and will continue to do so. 

At the national level, the objectives of the Federation are to coordinate interaction and sharing of ideas between its state units, and to address and give voice to the prominent issues of national concern. 

GIO aims to provide space for women to come together, express, and nourish themselves while preparing them to fight the challenges before the society. Its scope of work will revolve around these objectives, not limited to Muslim issues but women issues in general and issues of national importance. Being part of the largest democracy in the world, every citizen of the country must be provided with equal opportunities to evolve themselves and attain their highest potential. 

Despite immense efforts and development, women in India continue to face discrimination in all possible manner. Even after forty years since the Mandal Commission recommendations, there remains gross inequality among the opportunities available for Other Backward Communities (OBC). 

The organization focuses on enabling educational upliftment, progress in socio-political conditions, entrepreneurial advancement, and equal space for the women of marginalized communities. The organization will make conscious efforts to develop a free and open space where anyone can raise their voice and question the injustice faced by them.

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  1. President for National Federation of GIO has elected not National President of GIO…and same for General Secretary

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