Neelam Chaturvedi Explained

Neelam Chaturvedi (b. 1 July 1960 at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian women's human rights defender and activist.

She works to create awareness about gender and caste violence in India and build networks to combat violence against women. She seeks to increase women's ability to participate in democratic institutions through capacity building and promote rehabilitation and counselling services for street children and children involved in child labour.[1] She founded the first women's shelter in her region and campaigns against violence and sexual harassment of women in her community. Her work for women's rights has been highlighted by Amnesty International.[2]

As a trade union activist in the 1970s she became involved in work on women's issues withinthe trade union movement and in Indian society as a whole. She organised women workers toraise issues of physical and mental violence, the dowry system, rape, prostitution and sexual harassment.

She is the founder or co-founder of Indian women's organizations including Mahila Manch, Sakhi Kendra and the National Alliance of Women's Organisations.[3] [4]

She is a core member of the National Alliance of Women's Organisations (NAWO)[5] and a leader of the Opposition (for the Democratic Party) in the NAWO's Indian Women's Parliament.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meet Neelam Chaturvedi: A Women's Rights Activist from India . www.amnesty.ca . 23 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114458/http://www.amnesty.ca/women/pdf/02WANnews2.pdf . 2011-09-27 . dead.
  2. Web site: Amnesty helps women defend their rights . www.amnesty.ca . 23 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114505/http://www.amnesty.ca/members/newsletters/pdf06.pdf . 2011-09-27 . dead.
  3. News: Women organisations abhor rowdy songs. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811085708/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-18/kanpur/28017375_1_songs-manch-abusive-words. dead. 11 August 2011. 21 July 2010. The Times of India. 18 February 2009.
  4. Web site: Speaking out in anger - empower students, don't ban jeans, Uttar Pradesh News. Indiaedunews.net. 21 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100105121014/http://www.indiaedunews.net/Uttar_Pradesh/Speaking_out_in_anger_-_empower_students%2C_don't_ban_jeans_8363/ . 2010-01-05 . dead . June 11, 2009.
  5. Web site: Annual General Meeting 2002 . Amnesty International USA . 21 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090625001005/http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/agm/agm2002/panels.html . 25 June 2009 .
  6. Web site: First women's Parliament in India to enhance women's participation in politics. The Financial Express. 3 November 2009 . 21 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131044840/http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/first-womens-parliament-in-india-to-enhance-womens-participation-in-politics/536649 . 2016-01-31 . dead.
  7. Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Delhi and neighbourhood. www.tribuneindia.com. 2019-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20190923093213/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091103/delhi.htm . 2019-09-23 . dead.

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