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	Almeida's parents both worked for the government. She holds a doctorate in Law and has authored a thesis on the matrimonial property rights of women.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://goastreets.com/albertina-almeida-the-rights-woman-for-the-job/\|title=Albertina Almeida: The ‘Rights’ Woman For The Job\|website=goastreets\|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She co-founded ''Bailancho Saad'' ({{trans\|Voice of Women}}), a women's collective organisation, and later ''Saad Aangan.'', a gender resource group.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK-fAwAAQBAJ&l\|title=Issues in Women’s Rights: A Practitioner’s Resource Book\|last=Islam\|first=K. M. Baharul\|date=2014-04-25\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=9788184249101\|pages=335\|language=en}}</ref> She has also co-initiated several other citizens' formations such as Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony and SEZ Watch. She is a member of the Al-Zulaij Collective and of the Social Justice Action Committee-Goa. She has been a speaker at successive editions of the [[Goa Arts and Literature Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.goaartlitfest.com/galf2018/speakers2018.php\|title=Speakers 2018 - Goa Arts and Literature Festival\|website=www.goaartlitfest.com\|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She was also part of a panel at Difficult Dialogues 2018, speaking on the topic ''Empowerment within the Family: Women and the Law'',<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://difficultdialogues.in/dialogues/goa-university/#1479812103343-3da7db9d-6fee\|title=Empowerment within the Family : Women and the Law\|website=Difficult Dialogues\|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref> and is a member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, which has a consultative status with UN ESCAP and is part of many networks including the Intercontinental Alliance for Women, Law and Development. She is the author of the book ''Tug and Tear: Dealing With Child Sexual Abuse''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thuscritique.com/2019/01/10/in-conversation-deepa-narayan-with-albertina-almeida-6-assagao-7-30-pm-21st-jan-2019/\|title=In Conversation: Deepa Narayan with Albertina Almeida\|last=nilankur\|date=2019-01-09\|website=thus.\|language=en\|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>		Almeida's parents both worked for the government. She holds a doctorate in Law and has authored a thesis on the matrimonial property rights of women.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://goastreets.com/albertina-almeida-the-rights-woman-for-the-job/\|title=Albertina Almeida: The ‘Rights’ Woman For The Job\|website=goastreets\|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She co-founded ''Bailancho Saad'' ({{trans\|Voice of Women}}), a women's collective organisation, and later ''Saad Aangan.'', a gender resource group.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK-fAwAAQBAJ&l\|title=Issues in Women’s Rights: A Practitioner’s Resource Book\|last=Islam\|first=K. M. Baharul\|date=2014-04-25\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=9788184249101\|pages=335\|language=en}}</ref> She has also co-initiated several other citizens' formations such as Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony and SEZ Watch. She is a member of the Al-Zulaij Collective and of the Social Justice Action Committee-Goa. She has been a speaker at successive editions of the [[Goa Arts and Literature Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.goaartlitfest.com/galf2018/speakers2018.php\|title=Speakers 2018 - Goa Arts and Literature Festival\|website=www.goaartlitfest.com\|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She was also part of a panel at Difficult Dialogues 2018, speaking on the topic ''Empowerment within the Family: Women and the Law'',<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://difficultdialogues.in/dialogues/goa-university/#1479812103343-3da7db9d-6fee\|title=Empowerment within the Family : Women and the Law\|website=Difficult Dialogues\|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref> and is a member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, which has a consultative status with UN ESCAP and is part of many networks including the Intercontinental Alliance for Women, Law and Development. She is the author of the book ''Tug and Tear: Dealing With Child Sexual Abuse''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thuscritique.com/2019/01/10/in-conversation-deepa-narayan-with-albertina-almeida-6-assagao-7-30-pm-21st-jan-2019/\|title=In Conversation: Deepa Narayan with Albertina Almeida\|last=nilankur\|date=2019-01-09\|website=thus.\|language=en\|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

	She is a member of the Board of Studies in Women's Studies at [[Goa University]] and has an office in [[Taleigao]], Goa.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/about-us/a/university-bodies/board-of-studies.html#Women\|title=GoaUniversity: Board of Studies\|website=www.unigoa.ac.in\|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She has written articles for ''Herald Goa'', "Goa Today" ''[[The Wire (India)\|The Wire]]'' and ''[[DNA News]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/authors/albertina-almeida\|title=Articles by Albertina Almeida\|website=DNA\|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> and poems for Muse India. She was also part of the panel for the program of Zero Discrimination Day, organised by Human Touch Foundation at Instituto Nossa Senhora de Piedade, Panjim.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/HUMAN-TOUCH-FOUNDATION-URGES-ACTION-AGAINST-DISCRIMINATORY-LAWS-AND-PRACTICES/143499.html\|title=HUMAN TOUCH FOUNDATION URGES ACTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND PRACTICES\|last=Remedios\|first=Nicole\|date=6 March 2019\|website=oHeraldo\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>		She has been a member of the Board of Studies in Women's Studies at [[Goa University]] and at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and has an office in [[Taleigao]], Goa.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/about-us/a/university-bodies/board-of-studies.html#Women\|title=GoaUniversity: Board of Studies\|website=www.unigoa.ac.in\|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She has written articles for ''Herald Goa'', "Goa Today" ''[[The Wire (India)\|The Wire]]'' and ''[[DNA News]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/authors/albertina-almeida\|title=Articles by Albertina Almeida\|website=DNA\|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> and poems for Muse India. She was part of the drafting Committee constituted by the Government of Goa to review and revise the Family Laws of Goa http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-2-SI-OG-0.pdf She was also part of the panel for the program of Zero Discrimination Day, organised by Human Touch Foundation at Instituto Nossa Senhora de Piedade, Panjim.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/HUMAN-TOUCH-FOUNDATION-URGES-ACTION-AGAINST-DISCRIMINATORY-LAWS-AND-PRACTICES/143499.html\|title=HUMAN TOUCH FOUNDATION URGES ACTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND PRACTICES\|last=Remedios\|first=Nicole\|date=6 March 2019\|website=oHeraldo\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>

	===Work with Bailancho Saad===		===Work with Bailancho Saad===

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'''Albertina Almeida''' (born 1966) is a [[lawyer]] and [[human rights activist]] from [[Goa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/people-with-hiv-speak-out-against-discrimination/articleshow/68225948.cms|title=People with HIV speak out against discrimination - Times of India|date=2 March 2019|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>

== Career ==
Almeida's parents both worked for the government. She holds a doctorate in Law and has authored a thesis on the matrimonial property rights of women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goastreets.com/albertina-almeida-the-rights-woman-for-the-job/|title=Albertina Almeida: The ‘Rights’ Woman For The Job|website=goastreets|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She co-founded ''Bailancho Saad'' ({{trans|Voice of Women}}), a women's collective organisation, and later ''Saad Aangan.'', a gender resource group.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QK-fAwAAQBAJ&l|title=Issues in Women’s Rights: A Practitioner’s Resource Book|last=Islam|first=K. M. Baharul|date=2014-04-25|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=9788184249101|pages=335|language=en}}</ref> She has also co-initiated several other citizens' formations such as Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony and SEZ Watch. She is a member of the Al-Zulaij Collective and of the Social Justice Action Committee-Goa. She has been a speaker at successive editions of the [[Goa Arts and Literature Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goaartlitfest.com/galf2018/speakers2018.php|title=Speakers 2018 - Goa Arts and Literature Festival|website=www.goaartlitfest.com|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She was also part of a panel at Difficult Dialogues 2018, speaking on the topic ''Empowerment within the Family: Women and the Law'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://difficultdialogues.in/dialogues/goa-university/#1479812103343-3da7db9d-6fee|title=Empowerment within the Family : Women and the Law|website=Difficult Dialogues|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref> and is a member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, which has a consultative status with UN ESCAP and is part of many networks including the Intercontinental Alliance for Women, Law and Development. She is the author of the book ''Tug and Tear: Dealing With Child Sexual Abuse''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thuscritique.com/2019/01/10/in-conversation-deepa-narayan-with-albertina-almeida-6-assagao-7-30-pm-21st-jan-2019/|title=In Conversation: Deepa Narayan with Albertina Almeida|last=nilankur|date=2019-01-09|website=thus.|language=en|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

She is a member of the Board of Studies in Women's Studies at [[Goa University]] and has an office in [[Taleigao]], Goa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unigoa.ac.in/about-us/a/university-bodies/board-of-studies.html#Women|title=GoaUniversity: Board of Studies|website=www.unigoa.ac.in|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> She has written articles for ''Herald Goa'', "Goa Today" ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'' and ''[[DNA News]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/authors/albertina-almeida|title=Articles by Albertina Almeida|website=DNA|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> and poems for Muse India. She was also part of the panel for the program of Zero Discrimination Day, organised by Human Touch Foundation at Instituto Nossa Senhora de Piedade, Panjim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/HUMAN-TOUCH-FOUNDATION-URGES-ACTION-AGAINST-DISCRIMINATORY-LAWS-AND-PRACTICES/143499.html|title=HUMAN TOUCH FOUNDATION URGES ACTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND PRACTICES|last=Remedios|first=Nicole|date=6 March 2019|website=oHeraldo|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref>

===Work with Bailancho Saad===
Almeida co-founded ''Bailancho Saad'' in 1986. The organisation was responsible for putting gender on the agenda in Goa, and for getting the Dowry Prohibition Act extended to Goa and for unearthing a racket of selling abandoned infants in Goa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/The-womenas-call-for-awakening-is-25-years-old/articleshow/10321758.cms|title=The womenas call for awakening is 25 years old|last=Thomas|first=Elizabeth|date=12 October 2011|website=The Times of India|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/nov/04goa.htm|title=The Rediff On The NeT Special: Babies for a price|website=Rediff|first=Sandesh|last=Prabhudesai|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref>

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