Save Indian Family Foundation

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Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) is a men's rights group in India and member of the umbrella organisation Save Indian Family. It is a registered, non-funded, non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) and works with various like minded NGOs in India.

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History

Founded in 2007, SIFF is an advocacy group against misuse of Indian laws related to dowry harassment. It is an umbrella organisation of a number of men's and family rights organisations spanned across Indian cities and provinces. SIFF has supported founding of other like minded organisations such as the "All India Mother in Laws Protection Forum" and "All India Men's Welfare Association".

SIFF is networked with Helpline telephone numbers for distressed husbands and their family members in Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Gujarat, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Nagpur, Nasik, Surat, Jaipur, and Kolkata. In 2010 the group claimed on its website to have "30,000 members on the ground and over 3,500 on the internet who are fighting this legal terrorism with vigour and passion like commandos".

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Activities

SIFF has successfully conducted nationwide campaigns against the Marriage Amendment Bill in 2010 and the introduction of "Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage" as a ground for divorce under the Marriage Law Amendment Bill in 2012. SIFF has also opposed efforts to criminalize marital rape in India, arguing that "No relationship will work if these laws are enforced."

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Criticism

SIFF's activities have been described as antifeminist by some Indian feminist organisations and media outlets, who have doubts that siff is an organisation that promotes anti feminism rather than helping men .

Fight against 'Legal Terrorism': July 2010

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National meet

Every year on 15 August, SIFF conducts National Meet at one of the Indian cities where SIFF members across India converge and discuss on a National Agenda for SIFF. The National Meet will conclude with a Press Conference.