Sister Mariola Sequiera (born 1957) is an Indian nun known for her work advocating prisoners' rights in Rajasthan. She is a 2014 recipient of the Stree Shakti Puraskar. [1] [2]
Biography
Sister Mariola Sequiera is from Goa. [3] At the age of 22, she left her job in the tourism department to join the Mission Sisters [4] of Ajmer, Rajasthan. She worked locally as a teacher, [5] and in 1997 became a member of the English department at Sophia Girls' College. The College was next door to the Central Jail, Ajmer. [4]
After visiting the jail, Sister Mariola decided to begin teaching basic literacy to the prisoners. [4] In 2004, she became the Rajasthan State Coordinator of Prison Ministry India. [6]
Sister Mariola received the 2014 Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Stree Shakti Puraskar award from the Government of India. [7] In 2017, she was transferred by her community from Ajmer to Tura, Meghalaya, [6] where she became an Assistant Professor of English at Don Bosco College. [8]
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"Real Women, Incredible Lives: Helping the forgotten".
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"Catholic nun made member of Rajasthan minorities panel". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2012-05-18.
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0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ "President Pranab Mukherjee presented Stree Shakti Puraskar 2014 Rani..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "Department of English | Don Bosco College - Tura". donboscocollege.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
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Sister Mariola Sequiera (born 1957) is an Indian nun known for her work advocating prisoners' rights in Rajasthan. She is a 2014 recipient of the Stree Shakti Puraskar. [1] [2]
Biography
Sister Mariola Sequiera is from Goa. [3] At the age of 22, she left her job in the tourism department to join the Mission Sisters [4] of Ajmer, Rajasthan. She worked locally as a teacher, [5] and in 1997 became a member of the English department at Sophia Girls' College. The College was next door to the Central Jail, Ajmer. [4]
After visiting the jail, Sister Mariola decided to begin teaching basic literacy to the prisoners. [4] In 2004, she became the Rajasthan State Coordinator of Prison Ministry India. [6]
Sister Mariola received the 2014 Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Stree Shakti Puraskar award from the Government of India. [7] In 2017, she was transferred by her community from Ajmer to Tura, Meghalaya, [6] where she became an Assistant Professor of English at Don Bosco College. [8]
References
- ^ arasu, sibi. "Freedom, interrupted". @businessline. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
-
^
"Real Women, Incredible Lives: Helping the forgotten".
NDTV. 4 March 2014.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status ( link) - ^ Pandey, Upasna. "'Don't accept the stereotype of being the weaker sex'". Rediff. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ a b c "Rajasthan prison crusader follows new call to eastern India". Global Sisters Report. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
-
^ defwp-user (2014-02-20).
"Sister Mariola". Digital Empowerment Foundation, DEF. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
{{ cite web}}:|last=has generic name ( help) - ^
a
b
"Catholic nun made member of Rajasthan minorities panel". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2012-05-18.
ISSN
0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ "President Pranab Mukherjee presented Stree Shakti Puraskar 2014 Rani..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "Department of English | Don Bosco College - Tura". donboscocollege.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-11-02.