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	'''Neelam Chaturvedi''' (b. 1 July 1960 at [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ women's human [[Human Rights\|rights defender]] and [[activist]].		'''Neelam Chaturvedi''' (b. 1 July 1960 at [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]) is an Indian women's human [[Human Rights\|rights defender]] and [[activist]].

	She works to create awareness about gender and caste violence in India and build networks to combat violence against women. She seeks to increase women's ability to participate in democratic institutions through capacity building and promote rehabilitation and counselling services for street children and children involved in [[child labour]].<ref name="women">http://www.amnesty.ca/women/pdf/02WANnews2.pdf Retrieved 23 July 2010</ref> She founded the first women's shelter in her region and campaigns against violence and sexual harassment of women in her community. Her work for women's rights has been highlighted by Amnesty International.<ref name="newsletters">http://www.amnesty.ca/members/newsletters/pdf06.pdf Retrieved 23 July 2010</ref>		She works to create awareness about gender and caste violence in India and build networks to combat violence against women. She seeks to increase women's ability to participate in democratic institutions through capacity building and promote rehabilitation and counselling services for street children and children involved in [[child labour]].<ref name="women">http://www.amnesty.ca/women/pdf/02WANnews2.pdf Retrieved 23 July 2010</ref> She founded the first women's shelter in her region and campaigns against violence and sexual harassment of women in her community. Her work for women's rights has been highlighted by Amnesty International.<ref name="newsletters">http://www.amnesty.ca/members/newsletters/pdf06.pdf Retrieved 23 July 2010</ref>

	As a trade union activist in the 1970s she became involved in work on women's issues within		As a trade union activist in the 1970s she became involved in work on women's issues within

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'''Neelam Chaturvedi''' (b. 1 July 1960 at [[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]) is an [[India]]n women's human [[Human Rights|rights defender]] and [[activist]].

She works to create awareness about gender and caste violence in India and build networks to combat violence against women. She seeks to increase women's ability to participate in democratic institutions through capacity building and promote rehabilitation and counselling services for street children and children involved in [[child labour]].<ref name="women">http://www.amnesty.ca/women/pdf/02WANnews2.pdf Retrieved 23 July 2010</ref> She founded the first women's shelter in her region and campaigns against violence and sexual harassment of women in her community. Her work for women's rights has been highlighted by Amnesty International.<ref name="newsletters">http://www.amnesty.ca/members/newsletters/pdf06.pdf Retrieved 23 July 2010</ref>

As a trade union activist in the 1970s she became involved in work on women's issues within
the trade union movement and in Indian society as a whole. She organised women workers to
raise issues of physical and mental violence, the dowry system, rape, prostitution and sexual harassment.<ref name="newsletters" />

She is the founder or co-founder of Indian women's organizations including Mahila Manch, Sakhi Kendra and the [[NAWO|National Alliance of Women's Organisations]].<ref name="women" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-18/kanpur/28017375_1_songs-manch-abusive-words|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811085708/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-18/kanpur/28017375_1_songs-manch-abusive-words|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Women organisations abhor rowdy songs|accessdate=21 July 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaedunews.net/Uttar%5FPradesh/Speaking%5Fout%5Fin%5Fanger%5F%2D%5Fempower%5Fstudents%2C%5Fdon%27t%5Fban%5Fjeans%5F8363/|title=Speaking out in anger - empower students, don't ban jeans, Uttar Pradesh News|work=Indiaedunews.net|accessdate=21 July 2010}}</ref>

She is a core member of the [[NAWO|National Alliance of Women's Organisations]] (NAWO)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/agm/agm2002/panels.html |title=Annual General Meeting 2002 |work=[[Amnesty International]] USA |accessdate=21 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625001005/http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/agm/agm2002/panels.html |archivedate=25 June 2009 }}</ref> and a leader of the Opposition (for the Democratic Party) in the NAWO's Indian Women's Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/first-womens-parliament-in-india-to-enhance-womens-participation-in-politics/536649/|title=First women's Parliament in India to enhance women's participation in politics|work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|accessdate=21 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091103/delhi.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Delhi and neighbourhood|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811085732/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-23/kanpur/28278230_1_dowry-deaths-dowry-demands-husband-and-in-laws Increasing incidents of dowry deaths or harassment (The Times of India)]

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