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04/11/22 05:55 AM IST

SEWA founder & women’s activist Elaben Bhatt passes away

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  • Elaben Bhatt, a noted Gandhian, leading women’s empowerment activist, and renowned founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) passed away at the age of 89.
Ela Bhatt 
  • Born in Ahmedabad in 1933, she studied law and joined the legal cell of the Majur Mahajan Sangh or the Textile Labour Association (TLA).
  • Bhatt founded SEWA in 1972, which has since worked at empowering women in various ways.
  • She was felicitated with the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize and many other accolades.
  • She was also a Member of the Rajya Sabha and of the Planning Commission of India in the 1980s.
  • She served as a World Bank advisor and addressed the United Nations General Assembly.
  • She propounded the idea of ‘hundred-mile communities’ in her book Anubandh: Building Hundred-Mile Communities published in 2015.
Source- The Hindu 

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