{"id":124767,"date":"2022-11-04T13:28:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T07:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=124767"},"modified":"2022-11-04T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T07:58:17","slug":"sewa-founder-womens-activist-elaben-bhatt-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/sewa-founder-womens-activist-elaben-bhatt-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"SEWA founder &amp; women\u2019s activist Elaben Bhatt passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SEWA founder &amp; women\u2019s activist Elaben Bhatt passes away:<\/strong> At the age of 89, Elaben Bhatt, a well-known activist for women&#8217;s empowerment and the founder of the Self-Employed Women&#8217;s Association (SEWA), passed away. Elaben was the Chairperson of Sabarmati Ashram and recently resigned as the Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi-founded Gujarat Vidhyapith. In 2007, Nelson Mandela became part of a group of world leaders called the Elders, founded to promote human rights and peace throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-november-2022\/\">November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipient of national and international awards, including the Padma Bhushan, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize and many other accolades, she was globally recognised as a woman leader who founded many institutions and carried out pioneering work in organising the informal sector for self-employment and empowerment of women not only in India but across South Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elaben Bhatt: Life and career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Elaben Bhatt&nbsp;was a Member of the Rajya Sabha and of the Planning Commission of India in the 1980s. She served in many international organisations, including Women\u2019s World Banking, a global network of microfinance organisations, of which she was co-founder and had served as Chairperson. She also served as an advisor to the World Bank, and addressed the United Nations General Assembly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sewa, founded by her in 1972, is one of the largest cooperatives working for women, with a base of over 2 million members from about 18 states in the country and neighboring countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2012, she was praised by then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. \u201cI have a lot of heroes and heroines around the world and one of them is Ela Bhatt, who started an organisation called the SEWA in India many years ago\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elaben was born on September 7, 1933 in Ahmedabad to a family involved in social work. His father Sumant Bhat, a lawyer, served as a District Judge and was later appointed Charity Commissioner for Bombay and then Gujarat, where he oversaw the activities of all charities, trusts and NGOs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her mother,&nbsp;Vanalila Vyas,&nbsp;served as secretary of the Gujarat branch of the All India Women\u2019s Conference for some time. Founded in 1927 by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, the organization worked for educational and social reforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEWA founder &amp; women\u2019s activist Elaben Bhatt passes away: At the age of 89, Elaben Bhatt, a well-known activist for women&#8217;s empowerment and the founder of the Self-Employed Women&#8217;s Association (SEWA), passed away. Elaben was the Chairperson of Sabarmati Ashram and recently resigned as the Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi-founded Gujarat Vidhyapith. 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