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	\| honorific_prefix = Professor		\| honorific_prefix = Professor
	\| name = Ilina Sen		\| name = Ilina Sen
	\| image = ~~Ilina Sen.jpg~~		\| image =
	\| caption = Dr. Ilina Sen		\| caption = Dr. Ilina Sen
	\| death_date = 9 August 2020		\| death_date = 9 August 2020
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	'''Ilina Sen''' ({{~~lang-~~bn\|ইলিনা সেন}}) was a human rights, trade union and feminist activist, as well as a teacher and author associated with the women's movement in India.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Ilina Sen As We Knew Her: A Tribute from WSS\|url=https://countercurrents.org/2020/08/ilina-sen-as-we-knew-her-a-tribute-from-wss/\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=Countercurrents\|language=en-US}}</ref> She died<ref>{{Cite web\|~~last1=Aug 10\|first1~~=TNN /\|~~last2~~=2020~~\|last3=Ist\|first3=06:00~~\|title=Activist Ilina, wife of Binayak Sen, passes away {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/activist-ilina-wife-of-binayak-sen-passes-away/articleshow/77452830.cms\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> on August 9, ~~2020~~ at the age of 69<ref>{{Cite web\|author=Scroll Staff\|title=Activist and academic Ilina Sen dies at 69\|url=https://scroll.in/latest/969884/activist-and-academic-ilina-sen-dies-at-69\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=Scroll.in\|language=en-US}}</ref> after battling cancer for several years.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|title=Social Activist, Academic and Author Ilina Sen Passes Away\|url=https://thewire.in/rights/social-activist-academic-and-author-ilina-sen-passes-away\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=The Wire}}</ref>		'''Ilina Sen''' ({{langx\|bn\|ইলিনা সেন}}) was a human rights, trade union and feminist activist, as well as a teacher and author associated with the women's movement in India.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|date=2020-08-11\|title=Ilina Sen As We Knew Her: A Tribute from WSS\|url=https://countercurrents.org/2020/08/ilina-sen-as-we-knew-her-a-tribute-from-wss/\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=Countercurrents\|language=en-US}}</ref> She died<ref>{{Cite web\|agency=TNN\|date=10 Aug 2020\|title=Activist Ilina, wife of Binayak Sen, passes away {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/activist-ilina-wife-of-binayak-sen-passes-away/articleshow/77452830.cms\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref> on 9 August 2020, at the age of 69<ref>{{Cite web\|author=Scroll Staff\|title=Activist and academic Ilina Sen dies at 69\|url=https://scroll.in/latest/969884/activist-and-academic-ilina-sen-dies-at-69\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=Scroll.in\|date=10 August 2020 \|language=en-US}}</ref> after battling cancer for several years.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|title=Social Activist, Academic and Author Ilina Sen Passes Away\|url=https://thewire.in/rights/social-activist-academic-and-author-ilina-sen-passes-away\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=The Wire}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	In 2004, Ilina started teaching at the ~~Mahatama~~ Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalya in Wardha, where she joined as faculty in 2007. While at Wardha, she was the organising secretary of the Indian Association of Women's Studies (IAWS) conference in 2011 and then in Guwahati in February, 2014,<ref name=":4"/> during which she was also President of the IAWS.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|title=Essay: A tribute to Ilina Sen\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-a-tribute-to-ilina-sen/story-7VE4BdPvSzEdCAr6PdR6IM.html\|access-date=~~2020~~-08-15\|~~website~~=~~hindustantimes.com~~\|language=en}}</ref>		In 2004, Ilina started teaching at the Mahatma Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalya in Wardha, where she joined as faculty in 2007. While at Wardha, she was the organising secretary of the Indian Association of Women's Studies (IAWS) conference in 2011 and then in Guwahati in February, 2014,<ref name=":4"/> during which she was also President of the IAWS.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Essay: A tribute to Ilina Sen\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-a-tribute-to-ilina-sen/story-7VE4BdPvSzEdCAr6PdR6IM.html\|access-date=2024-07-21\|newspaper=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|first=Chintan Girish \| last=Modi }}</ref>

	In 2009, Ilina Sen went back to academics and taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Wardha, Maharashtra before moving to Mumbai to teach at the Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies at the [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|title=Ilina Sen Symbolised Courage, Empathy And Selflessness\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-ilina-sen-symbolised-courage-empathy-and-selflessness/358506\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=outlookindia.com/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Binayak Sen\|url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/Binayak-Sen.html\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=The Week\|language=en}}</ref> She was a Senior Fellow in the Nehru Memorial Library from July 2013 to July 2015.<ref name=":4" />		In 2009, Ilina Sen went back to academics and taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Wardha, Maharashtra before moving to Mumbai to teach at the Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies at the [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|title=Ilina Sen Symbolised Courage, Empathy And Selflessness\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-ilina-sen-symbolised-courage-empathy-and-selflessness/358506\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=outlookindia.com/\|date=12 August 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Binayak Sen\|url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/Binayak-Sen.html\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=The Week\|language=en}}</ref> She was a Senior Fellow in the Nehru Memorial Library from July 2013 to July 2015.<ref name=":4" />

	== Activism in Chhattisgarh ==		== Activism in Chhattisgarh ==
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	She campaigned against the wrongful arrest of Adivasi men from central India and also battled for the release of Binayak,<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2011-03-25\|title=Ilina talks tough\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/ilina-talks-tough/story-iKkHasKlRsLAERfTInd8ZI.html\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court of Chhattisgarh on the charges of sedition and assisting Maoists or [[Naxalite]]s.<ref name=":2" /> Binayak was eventually released in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Venkatesan\|first=J.\|date=2011-04-15\|title=Binayak Sen gets bail in Supreme Court\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Binayak-Sen-gets-bail-in-Supreme-Court/article14685491.ece\|access-date=2020-08-12\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She is also remembered for her work at the NGO, Rupantar which became a role model of alternative healthcare in remote areas.<ref name=":1" />		She campaigned against the wrongful arrest of Adivasi men from central India and also battled for the release of Binayak,<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2011-03-25\|title=Ilina talks tough\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/ilina-talks-tough/story-iKkHasKlRsLAERfTInd8ZI.html\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court of Chhattisgarh on the charges of sedition and assisting Maoists or [[Naxalite]]s.<ref name=":2" /> Binayak was eventually released in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Venkatesan\|first=J.\|date=2011-04-15\|title=Binayak Sen gets bail in Supreme Court\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Binayak-Sen-gets-bail-in-Supreme-Court/article14685491.ece\|access-date=2020-08-12\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She is also remembered for her work at the NGO, Rupantar which became a role model of alternative healthcare in remote areas.<ref name=":1" />

	== Published ~~Work~~ ==		== Published work ==
	In 1990, Ilina Sen authored a book called "A ~~space~~ within the ~~struggle"~~<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Sen\|first=Ilina\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T08qAAAAYAAJ\|title=A Space Within the Struggle: Women's Participation in People's Movements\|date=1990\|publisher=Kali for Women\|isbn=978-81-85107-20-2\|language=en}}</ref> on women's participation in people's movements. She followed that with two books on Chhattisgarh, Inside Chhattisgarh – A Political Memoir<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-02-08\|title=[Book Review] Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir\|url=https://indiaresists.com/book-review-inside-chhattisgarh-a-political-memoir/\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=India Resists\|language=en-US}}</ref> and The Migrant Woman of Chhattisgarh;<ref name=":3" />		In 1990, Ilina Sen authored a book called ''A Space within the Struggle''<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Sen\|first=Ilina\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T08qAAAAYAAJ\|title=A Space Within the Struggle: Women's Participation in People's Movements\|date=1990\|publisher=Kali for Women\|isbn=978-81-85107-20-2\|language=en}}</ref> on women's participation in people's movements. She followed that with two books on Chhattisgarh, ''Inside Chhattisgarh – A Political Memoir''<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-02-08\|title=[Book Review] Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir\|url=https://indiaresists.com/book-review-inside-chhattisgarh-a-political-memoir/\|access-date=2020-08-12\|website=India Resists\|language=en-US\|archive-date=28 July 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728095037/https://indiaresists.com/book-review-inside-chhattisgarh-a-political-memoir/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''The Migrant Woman of Chhattisgarh''.<ref name=":3" />

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	== External ~~Resources~~ ==		== External resources ==
	* {{URL\|https://zubaanbooks.com/tag/ilina-sen/\|Interview with Ilina Sen}}		* {{URL\|https://zubaanbooks.com/tag/ilina-sen/\|Interview with Ilina Sen}}
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTvxV8_Cvc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2WJkgQJP2fJdUl835qw99YjlnCwyTeVwc73-Dfh-yH0NRjD0wi_87wKoU\|Dr. Ilina Sen: "We should keep up the pressure to repeal sedition law."]		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTvxV8_Cvc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2WJkgQJP2fJdUl835qw99YjlnCwyTeVwc73-Dfh-yH0NRjD0wi_87wKoU\|Dr. Ilina Sen: "We should keep up the pressure to repeal sedition law."]

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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Professor
| name = Ilina Sen
| image = Ilina Sen.jpg
| caption = Dr. Ilina Sen
| death_date = 9 August 2020
| occupation = Activist, Teacher, Author
| spouse = [[Binayak Sen]]
| children = 2
}}
'''Ilina Sen''' ({{lang-bn|ইলিনা সেন}}) was a human rights, trade union and feminist activist, as well as a teacher and author associated with the women's movement in India.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-11|title=Ilina Sen As We Knew Her: A Tribute from WSS|url=https://countercurrents.org/2020/08/ilina-sen-as-we-knew-her-a-tribute-from-wss/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Countercurrents|language=en-US}}</ref> She died<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Aug 10|first1=TNN /|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=06:00|title=Activist Ilina, wife of Binayak Sen, passes away {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/activist-ilina-wife-of-binayak-sen-passes-away/articleshow/77452830.cms|access-date=2020-08-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> on August 9, 2020 at the age of 69<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=Activist and academic Ilina Sen dies at 69|url=https://scroll.in/latest/969884/activist-and-academic-ilina-sen-dies-at-69|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> after battling cancer for several years.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Social Activist, Academic and Author Ilina Sen Passes Away|url=https://thewire.in/rights/social-activist-academic-and-author-ilina-sen-passes-away|access-date=2020-08-12|website=The Wire}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2004, Ilina started teaching at the Mahatama Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalya in Wardha, where she joined as faculty in 2007. While at Wardha, she was the organising secretary of the Indian Association of Women's Studies (IAWS) conference in 2011 and then in Guwahati in February, 2014,<ref name=":4"/> during which she was also President of the IAWS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Essay: A tribute to Ilina Sen|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/essay-a-tribute-to-ilina-sen/story-7VE4BdPvSzEdCAr6PdR6IM.html|access-date=2020-08-15|website=hindustantimes.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2009, Ilina Sen went back to academics and taught at the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in Wardha, Maharashtra before moving to Mumbai to teach at the Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies at the [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Ilina Sen Symbolised Courage, Empathy And Selflessness|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-ilina-sen-symbolised-courage-empathy-and-selflessness/358506|access-date=2020-08-12|website=outlookindia.com/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Binayak Sen|url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/Binayak-Sen.html|access-date=2020-08-12|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref> She was a Senior Fellow in the Nehru Memorial Library from July 2013 to July 2015.<ref name=":4" />

== Activism in Chhattisgarh ==
In the early 1980s, Ilina moved to [[Chhattisgarh]] with her partner [[Binayak Sen]], to work among the peoples of an [[Adivasi]] movement.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-09|title=Social activist and author Ilina Sen passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ilina-sen-dead-binayak-sen-social-activist-chhattisgarh-6547655/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Initially, Sen was involved with [[sustainable development]] to ensure the preservation of seed and rice varieties.<ref name=":4"/> She then started working in the trade union started by [[Shankar Guha Niyogi]]<ref name=":4"/> where she spent many years and worked with trade unions, Adivasis and the underprivileged.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-08-10|title=Activist, academic & author Ilina Sen passes away|url=https://thebengalstory.com/english/activist-academic-author-ilina-sen-passes-away/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=The Bengal Story - English|language=en-US}}</ref>

The couple spent many years working in rural Madhya Pradesh and were associated with an independent union of workers in the iron ore mining belt of the then [[Madhya Pradesh]], called the Chhattisgarh Mines Shramik Sangatan (CMSS).<ref name=":5" /> They also worked with the Shaheed hospital of the CMSS, to provide healthcare within a working-class movement.<ref name=":5" />

She campaigned against the wrongful arrest of Adivasi men from central India and also battled for the release of Binayak,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-25|title=Ilina talks tough|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/ilina-talks-tough/story-iKkHasKlRsLAERfTInd8ZI.html|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court of Chhattisgarh on the charges of sedition and assisting Maoists or [[Naxalite]]s.<ref name=":2" /> Binayak was eventually released in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Venkatesan|first=J.|date=2011-04-15|title=Binayak Sen gets bail in Supreme Court|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Binayak-Sen-gets-bail-in-Supreme-Court/article14685491.ece|access-date=2020-08-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She is also remembered for her work at the NGO, Rupantar which became a role model of alternative healthcare in remote areas.<ref name=":1" />

== Published Work ==
In 1990, Ilina Sen authored a book called "A space within the struggle"<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=Ilina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T08qAAAAYAAJ|title=A Space Within the Struggle: Women's Participation in People's Movements|date=1990|publisher=Kali for Women|isbn=978-81-85107-20-2|language=en}}</ref> on women's participation in people's movements. She followed that with two books on Chhattisgarh, Inside Chhattisgarh – A Political Memoir<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-08|title=[Book Review] Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir|url=https://indiaresists.com/book-review-inside-chhattisgarh-a-political-memoir/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=India Resists|language=en-US}}</ref> and The Migrant Woman of Chhattisgarh;<ref name=":3" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External Resources ==
* {{URL|https://zubaanbooks.com/tag/ilina-sen/|Interview with Ilina Sen}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJTvxV8_Cvc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2WJkgQJP2fJdUl835qw99YjlnCwyTeVwc73-Dfh-yH0NRjD0wi_87wKoU|Dr. Ilina Sen: "We should keep up the pressure to repeal sedition law."]

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[[Category:Indian women activists]]