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'''Neidonuo Angami''' is an Indian social worker and one of the founders of the '''Naga Mother's Association''', a [[non governmental organization]] working for remedying the social problems in [[Nagaland]], India.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/TOI-Social-Impact-Awards-Lifetime-contribution-Naga-Mothers-Association/articleshow/17963150.cms | title=TOI | publisher=TOI | date=10 January 2013 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> She is reported to have been selected as one of the 1000 women shortlisted for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for 2005.<ref name="World Wide Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum">{{cite web | url=http://en.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch/wp-archive/1096 | title=World Wide Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum | publisher=World Wide Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="WWAEHRF Profile">{{cite web | url=http://word.world-citizenship.org/wp-archive/1977 | title=WWAEHRF Profile | publisher=WWAEHRF | date=11 March 2008 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> She was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
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''I feel that my biggest achievement has been in spreading awareness among women in helping them root out drug abuse and alcoholism. It took time to reach the grassroot level. As we have many tribes in Nagaland, the tribal women’s organisations are our backbone,'' says Angami.<ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" /></blockquote>

Neidonuo Angami was born on 1 October 1950<ref name="India Together">{{cite web | url=http://indiatogether.org/nagaland-peace | title=India Together | publisher=India Together | date=18 November 2005 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> in [[Kohima]], the capital of the Northeast Indian state of [[Nagaland]].<ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" /> She lost her father, who was a government official killed by the [[Insurgency in Northeast India|Naga insurgents]], at the age of six<ref name="India Together" /> and was brought up by her mother.<ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" /><ref name="The Indian Family in Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4r-GAwAAQBAJ&q=Neidonuo+Angami&pg=PA114 | title=The Indian Family in Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts | publisher=SAGE Publications India | author=[[Malashri Lal]], [[Sanjukta Dasgupta]] | year=2007 | isbn=9788132101635}}</ref> Due to financial difficulty, Angami started her schooling late, at the age of eight, at the [[Mezhür Higher Secondary School]], erstwhile Cambridge School, and later continued at two other schools in Kohima, Baptist English School and the Government High School<ref name="India Together" /> and passed the matriculation in 1968.<ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" /> Her college education was at the Kohima College from where she passed the Pre University Course and started her career as a Sub Inspector in the Kohima Police Force.<ref name="India Together" /><ref name="The Indian Family in Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts" /> However, she did not stay at the job for long. In 1972, she started working as a teacher and became active in social work by founding the Nagaland Weavers’ Association.<ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" />

In 1984, Angami, along with a few other Naga women, formed the [[Naga Mothers' Association]] (NMA)<ref name="Loreal Paris">{{cite web | url=http://www.lorealparis.co.in/articles/neiduono_angami.aspx | title=Loreal Paris | publisher=Loreal Paris | date=2014 | access-date=29 December 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104205555/http://www.lorealparis.co.in/articles/neiduono_angami.aspx | archive-date=4 January 2015 }}</ref> to work against the social problems of drug addiction and alcoholism.<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="India Together" /><ref name="Outlook India">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Life-Beyond-The-Spotlights/204911 | title=Outlook India | publisher=Outlook India | date=19 January 1998 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Femina">{{cite web | url=http://femina.in/women/women-like-you/nominees-2014-social-impact-2330.html | title=Femina | publisher=Femina | date=5 March 2014 | access-date=29 December 2014}}</ref> The organization was planned as a platform for the women of various [[naga tribes]] for social activism and Angami was elected as its first general secretary.<ref name="India Together" /> She has also served as its president for two terms.<ref name="World Wide Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum" /><ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" /><ref name="The Indian Family in Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts" />

Angami is reported to have contributed to the formation of several satellite organizations of NMA such as ''NMA Youth and Women Welfare Organization'' in 1986, ''Mt Gilead Home'' in 1989, a shelter home and rehabilitation center for drug addicts and alcoholics, and the ''NMA HIV/AIDS Care Hospice'' in 2001, a subsidiary project for the shelter home for recycling paper.<ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" /><ref name="India Together" /><ref name="Femina" /> She is also known to have launched a social movement, ''Shed No More Blood'', a campaign which provided the insurgents an opportunity to interact with the mainstream politics.<ref name="World Wide Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum" /><ref name="India Together" /><ref name="Loreal Paris" /> Seeking assistance of other social and tribal organizations such as ''Naga HoHo'', ''[[Naga Students' Federation]]'', and ''Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights'', NMA was successful in brokering a ceasefire between the insurgents and the government.<ref name="India Together" /> The organization also assisted in giving a proper burial for the casualties of the fight. She has also represented NMA in many peace talks held at [[Thailand]], [[New Delhi]] and Nagaland.<ref name="World Wide Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum" /><ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" /> Honouring its efforts, the organization was awarded the [[Times of India]] Social Impact Award in 2013.<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="Loreal Paris" />

In 2000, Angami, under the aegis of NMA, launched an initiative called ''Journey of Conscience'', where the leaders of the organization met with other civil and social groups, media, student organizations, educationists and politicians for exchanging views.<ref name="India Together" /> Angami and the organization also arranged for its members to acquire skills through training sessions, workshops and seminars. She has attended several such programs in India and abroad.<ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" />

Neidonuo Angami is married and has three daughters.<ref name="The Indian Family in Transition: Reading Literary and Cultural Texts" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured Angami, in 2000, by including her in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="India Together" /><ref name="Femina" /> Later in [[2005 Nobel Peace Prize|2005]], she is reported to have been shortlisted as one of the 1000 women for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref name="World Wide Asian Eurasian Human Rights Forum" /><ref name="WWAEHRF Profile" />

==See also==
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* [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
* [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work]]
[[Category:Social workers]]
[[Category:People from Kohima]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educators]]
[[Category:Social workers from Nagaland]]
[[Category:Women educators from Nagaland]]
[[Category:Educators from Nagaland]]
[[Category:20th-century women educators]]

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