Manasi Pradhan
| Manasi Pradhan | |
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| Born |
4 October 1962 Banapur, Khordha district, Odisha |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | M. A. in Odia literature, LL.B. |
| Alma mater | Utkal University, G.M. Law College, Puri |
| Occupation | Women's Rights Activist, Author and Poet |
| Organization | Nirbhaya Vahini, OYSS Women, Nirbhaya Samaroh |
| Notable work | Urmi-O-Uchchwas, Akasha Deepa, Swagatika |
| Movement | Honour for Women National Campaign |
| Awards |
Stree Shakti Puraskar 2013 Outstanding Women Award 2011 |
Manasi Pradhan (born 4 October 1962) is an Indian women activist and author who received the Rani Lakshmibai Stree Shakti Puraskar in 2013. She is the founder of Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. Along with Mary Prema Pierick, global head of the Missionaries of Charity, she won the 'Outstanding Women Award' in 2011.
Pradhan is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the 21st century global feminist movement. She is frequently featured among World’s top feminist authors and activists by prestigious international publications and organizations.
She is the founder of Nirbhaya Vahini, Nirbhaya Samaroh and OYSS Women. She has served on the panel of Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) for India and Inquiry Committee of the National Commission for Women.
Pradhan was born to a very poor family in a remote village called Ayatapur in Banapur block of Khordha district, Odisha. She was the eldest among two daughters and a son born to Hemalata Pradhan and Godabarish Pradhan. Her father was a farmer and mother a house wife.
Female education was considered a major taboo in most rural areas of Banapur then. Girls were rarely allowed to attend high school. After completing her middle school in the village, there was strong pressure to end her studies. Further, there was no high school in the nearby areas.
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