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Activist Ela Bhatt
November 5 , 2022
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- Renowned women's rights activist Ela Bhatt, the founder of SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association) passed away in Ahmedabad.
- SEWA is one of the biggest women's cooperatives and national trade unions registered in 1972.
- SEWA had founded a bank in 1974 to give small loans to women, charted newer territory.
- Apart from its units in 18 Indian states, self-employed women in South Asia, South Africa and Latin America have also set up SEWA units.
- SEWA also runs a café Kamala, named after Kamala Chaudhary, IIM-A’s first faculty member.
- Bhatt was also nominated to Rajya Sabha, was a member of the Planning Commission, and was advisor to organisations like the World Bank.
- In 2007, she joined the Elders, a group of world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela to promote human rights and peace.
- Bhatt also served as Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith; a university founded by Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad.
- She was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Ramon Magsaysay Award and Indira Gandhi International Prize for Peace among many other awards.
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