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{{short description|Indian beautician and social worker (born 1976)}}
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'''Manju Manikuttan''' (born c. 1976) is an [[India]]n beautician and social worker. She rescued people who had been conned to be come servants in Arabia. She was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] which is the highest award for women in India.

==Life==
Manikuttan was born and raised in the [[Ernakulam district]]<ref name=sg>{{Cite web|last=Mohammed|first=Irfan|date=2019-03-20|title=India president confers Manju with Nari Shakti Puraskar award|url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/561605|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Saudigazette|language=English}}</ref> in Kerala.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministry of Women and Child Development |url=https://www.facebook.com/ministryWCD/photos/a.477612152383665/1915946988550167/?type=3|access-date=2021-01-09|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> She became a beautician and she worked in Saudi Arabia where she lived in the port city of [[Dammam]] with her husband and two children.<ref name=notamaid/>

She rescued people who had been conned to become servants in Arabia. She was nominated for an award for her work which was given by the President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on [[International Women's Day]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feb 25|first=TNN /|last2=2019|last3=Ist|first3=11:55|title=Malayali volunteer gets Nari Shakti Puraskar {{!}} Kochi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/malayali-volunteer-gets-nari-shakti-puraskar/articleshow/68142930.cms|access-date=2021-01-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] which is an Indian "national award in recognition for exceptional work for women's empowerment".<ref name=pic>{{Cite web|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery|url=http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery|access-date=2021-01-09|website=narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in}}</ref> She met the minister [[Maneka Gandhi]] and afterwards she met the Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]. She was the only woman to receive the award that year who did not live in India.<ref name=sg/>

In 2020 the [[New Indian Express]] reported the example of "Chandrika" who had left India for Saudi Arabia to work as an accountant in a hospital. When she arrived sfe discovered that she had been misled and the job she was assigned was as a housemaid. "Chandrika" stuck the job for five months but finally her employer took her to the airport but her situation led to a fight and she could have been arrested. However Maniuttan was summoned and she took her back to her own home where she stayed until a new route home could be organised.<ref name=notamaid>{{Cite web|title=This beautician gives Khaddamas a ray of hope in desert kingdom|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jan/04/this-beautician-gives-khaddamas-a-ray-of-hope-in-desert-kingdom-2084735.html|access-date=2021-01-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Her work as a volunteer is part of the work of the [[Navayugam Samskarika Vedi]] organisation. Over five years she has worked with hundreds of expatriots who are generally maids recruited from [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]].<ref name=notamaid/> She is supported in her work by the Indian Embassy in Riyadh and the Deportation Centre in Dammam.<ref name=sg/>

==References==
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{{Nari Shakti Puraskar}}

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[[Category:1970s births]]
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Manju Manikuttan - Revision history

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