Ela Bhatt
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Ela Ramesh Bhatt was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996. She was the chancellor of the Gujarat Vidyapith from 7 March 2015 to 19 October 2022.
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Drew Gilpin FaustAlso won Radcliffe Medal
M. S. SwaminathanAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Want
Alpha Oumar KonaréAlso won honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles
Asma JahangirAlso won Ramon Magsaysay Award
Bill MollisonAlso won Right Livelihood Award
Joan Wallach ScottAlso won honorary doctor of Harvard UniversityAbout this person
Ela Ramesh Bhatt was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996. She was the chancellor of the Gujarat Vidyapith from 7 March 2015 to 19 October 2022. A lawyer by training, Bhatt was a part of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements and won several national and international awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1977), Right Livelihood Award (1984) for "helping home-based producers to organise for their welfare and self-respect" and the Padma Bhushan (1986).
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