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Zakia Soman | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Gujrat |
Occupation(s) | University professor, Founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan |
Known for | Women's rights activism |
Awards | Outstanding Women Achiever's Award by National Commission for Women (2014) |
Zakia Soman is an Indian women's rights activist and the founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a non-governmental women's rights organization. [1]
Zakia Soman was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She worked as a university professor of Business Communication in English at the University of Gujrat. [2]
Zakia advocates for the rights of Muslim women. [3] She has worked and written extensively on issues of peace and justice, secularism, human rights, and minority rights. She also set up the Peace and Human Security theme in ActionAid.
She is a member of South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE). She used to be a university professor in Gujarat before she quit her job and started working for minority rights. She is a founder of Centre for Peace Studies, which engages in knowledge activism for peace and tolerance. [4]
In 2014, she was awarded Outstanding Women Achiever's Award by the National Commission for Women. [5] She has also featured in BBC's 100 Fearless Women in November 2015. [6]
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Zakia Soman | |
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![]() Zakia Soman | |
Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Gujrat |
Occupation(s) | University professor, Founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan |
Known for | Women's rights activism |
Awards | Outstanding Women Achiever's Award by National Commission for Women (2014) |
Zakia Soman is an Indian women's rights activist and the founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a non-governmental women's rights organization. [1]
Zakia Soman was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She worked as a university professor of Business Communication in English at the University of Gujrat. [2]
Zakia advocates for the rights of Muslim women. [3] She has worked and written extensively on issues of peace and justice, secularism, human rights, and minority rights. She also set up the Peace and Human Security theme in ActionAid.
She is a member of South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE). She used to be a university professor in Gujarat before she quit her job and started working for minority rights. She is a founder of Centre for Peace Studies, which engages in knowledge activism for peace and tolerance. [4]
In 2014, she was awarded Outstanding Women Achiever's Award by the National Commission for Women. [5] She has also featured in BBC's 100 Fearless Women in November 2015. [6]