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About Us
History
Our story starts way back, When Ramabai Ranade one of the first women's rights activists in the early 20th century took the stand.
- 1948 - first Indian woman to graduate from Cambridge University- Lotika Sarkar
- 1985 - left-wing activist and feminist.-Dr. Vina Mazumdar
- Savitribai Phule (1831-1897)- Dalit woman and a pioneer of feminism
- Tarabai Shinde (1850-1910) - protested the patriarchy and caste discrimination.
- Ramabai Ranade (1863-1924)- founder of Seva Sadan in Mumbai and Pune - an institution that trained thousands of women .
In 1920, even Mahatma Gandhi, who touted himself as a champion of women’s rights, urged “women to stop fighting for voting rights and concentrate their efforts instead on ‘helping their men against the common foe,’” according to “Domestic Violence and the Indian Women’s Movement: A Short History.”
Once the country gained independence, Indian leaders discouraged female revolutionaries from mobilizing, instilling a ‘ghar/bahir’ divide and reinforcing strict gender roles for women as the protectors of the home.
One of the first major protests after this newfound, the convictions of two police officers in the Mathura rape case, wherein a 9-year-old girl was raped inside a police station. Women had to take a stand.
Achievements
- The Fiscal Scholar - Gita Gopinath.
- Dhing Express - Hima Das.
- Ms. Knock-out - Mary Kom.
- Sky Warrior - Avani Chaturvedi.
- Biotech Pioneer - Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
- Pepsi Queen - Indra Nooyi.
- Tale of An Underdog- Richa Kar.
- Monarch of Wellness - Vandana Luthra.
- Arunima Sinha - The Mount Everest Girl
- 9. Garima Arora - Michelin Star