Sudha Bharadwaj (b 1961) has been associated with the trade union movement in Chhattisgarh for more than 25 years. She is general secretary of the Chhattisgarh unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and a member of Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS). She lives in Bilaspur with her daughter and […]
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Bharati De is secretary of the Durbar Mahila Samanvaya Committee (DMSC) , a collective of 65,000 sex workers in West Bengal. Established in February 1992, in Sonagachi, the largest red-light district in Kolkata, Durbar works on women’s rights and sex workers’ rights advocacy, anti-human trafficking and HIV/AIDS prevention and runs a bank and micro-credit scheme for […]
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PARBATI THAOSEN, 47, is president of Shakti Mahila Mandal and the Advisor of Dimasa Mothers’ Association. The former was established in 2006 as a result of her fight against corruption. Interviewed by Monisha Behal Date: 25 August 2011 Here is a short Audio excerpt from the interview in Hindi and Assamese Excerpt from an interview […]
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In a quest to study the status of women in Northeast India Monisha Behal, 60, engaged in research which brought her to the realization that women’s collective action is the most effective strategy for their development. With this she sensitized women’s organizations to add value to their social issues and agricultural work with a rights’ perspective. […]
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MEGHALI SENAPATI, 37, began her career as a social worker in a community based organisation in Chirang district of Assam. She works on women rights, community organisation, capacity building of grassroots development practitioners and feminist counseling. She is currently assistant professor in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati. Interviewed by Monisha Behal Date: 4 […]
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Journalist-poet TIAMERENLA MONALISA CHANGKIJA, is the only woman editor, proprietor and publisher of an English daily newspaper in the Northeast, the Nagaland Page. Her poems are taught in the under-graduate and post-graduate English courses in Nagaland University, the North East Hills University and in some schools. Interviewed by Monisha Behal Date: 10 October 2011 Here is […]
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APARNA MAHANTA KAMRUP was involved with the women’s movement as an academic and as a grassroots activist in the 1980s. She was a member and office-bearer of national and state women’s organizations like the Mahila Samakhya and the India Association of Women’s Studies. She continues to be a researcher and writer on women’s issues in […]
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GINA SHANGKHAM is the Secretary General, Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights. She is a prominent face of Naga activism in the Manipur Hills. Interviewed by Monisha Behal Date: 2011 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in English Transcript of the complete interview with Gina Shangkham Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi […]
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HEMLATA BARUAH (born 1928) dedicated her life to a women’s organization called the Tezpur Mahila Samiti where she worked from 1954 to 2014. She is responsible for keeping a strong link with the rural mahila samities and federating them with the Tezpur District Mahila Samiti to pursue weaving projects. Interviewed by Monisha Behal Date: 19 […]
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JUNU BORA is a renowned feminist writer and activist of Assam. She is editor of Jonaki Baat, a progressive women’s quarterly which was launched more than three decades ago. She is vocal on women issues, writes many articles on gender and socio-political issues and has published two popular books Lingya Baishyma (gender discrimination) and Shringkhal […]
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MAINI MAHANTA [b.1963], editor of Nandini , a leading women’s magazine in Assamese, is a columnist and popular storyteller. She is also a television commentator and well known in the rights movement. She has 12 published books to her credit. Interviewed by Monisha Behal Date: 4 October 2011 Here is a short excerpt from the […]
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Anti witch-hunt activist BIRUBALA RABHA (Guwahati, Assam) has saved more than fifty alleged ‘witches’ from being killed in Assam. Her awareness campaign ‘Mission Birubala’, aims at rehabilitating victims of witch-hunts (daiyini hatya). Interviewed by Monisha Behal Date: 4 October 2011 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in Assamese English translation of the complete […]
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SHYAMA NARANG (born 1951) is a practicing doctor. She was active in Stree Shakti Sanghatana, Hyderabad, and now lives in Bangalore. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 12 August 2013 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in English Transcript of the interview with Shyama Narang Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi Murthy Audio […]
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VIMOCHANA, b. 1979, is a Bangalore-based feminist collective. The interview was conducted with Donna Fernandes, Madhu Bhushan, Celine Suguna, Kalpana and Shakun Mohini [Photos clockwise from left: Donna Fernandes, Madhu Bhusan, Shakun Mohini and others at the Vimochana office] Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 6 November 2012 […]
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SRILATHA BATLIWALA (born 1952) is an activist and researcher. She is Scholar Associate with the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), and currently lives in Bangalore. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 16 August 2012 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in English Transcript of the interview with Srilata Batliwala Transcripts cleaned […]
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SANDHYA GOKHALE (born 1956) is an electrical engineer by profession and a member of Forum Against Oppression of Women, (FAOW) Bombay since 1980. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 12 August 2011 Here is an excerpt from the interview in English Transcript of the interview with Sandhya Gokhale Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi Murthy […]
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D. SARASWATHI (born 1963) is an activist, actor, writer, playwright and poet, based in Bangalore. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 25 August 2012 An excerpt from a song in Kannada An excerpt from the interview in Kannada English translation of the interview with Saraswathi D Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi Murthy Audio edited and […]
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MERCY KAPPEN (born 1955) is a development worker and founder of Bangalore-based NGO Visthar. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 20 of March 2013 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in English Transcript of the interview with Mercy Kappen Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi Murthy Audio edited and uploaded by Uma Tanuku […]
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LATA MANI (born 1956) is a historian, cultural critic, writer and poet based in Bangalore. She was active in FAOW in the early 1980s. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 16 August 2012 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in English Transcript of the interview with Lata Mani Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi […]
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CHAMPAVATHI H.S. (born 1959) is a lecturer of English and founder member of Namma Manasa, a Kannada women’s magazine published from Bangalore. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 19 August 2012 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in Kannada and English English translation of the interview with Champavathi H Transcripts cleaned and edited […]
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ARTI SAWHNY (born 1951) and KIRAN DUBEY (born 1961) worked in the Women’s Development Programme in the 1980s and helped start the Mahila Vikas Abhikaran Sathin Karmchari Sangh in the 1990s. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 27 December 2011 Here is a short excerpt from the interview […]
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AMMU JOSEPH is an independent journalist, based in Bangalore. She started her career at Eve’s Weekly, Bombay. Interviewed by Laxmi Murthy Date: 12 October 2012 Here is a short excerpt from the interview in English Transcript of the interview with Ammu Joseph Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi Murthy Audio edited and uploaded by […]
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