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{{Infobox person
| name = Rekha Raj
| native_name = രേഖ രാജ്
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|05|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]] [[India]]
| spouse = [[M. R. Renukumar]]
| occupation = Dalit Writer & Activist & [[Assistant professor]]
| years_active = 1990–present
}}

'''Rekha Raj''' (Malayalam: രേഖ രാജ്; born 5 May 1978) is a [[Dalit]] and [[feminist]] thinker, social activist and writer. She is one of the pioneers of [[Dalit]] feminism in [[Kerala]] who started writing on caste and [[gender]] issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/poda-vedi-women-give-it-back/articleshow/65267261.cms|title=HeToo: Poda Vedi: Women give it back | Kochi News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> She has delivered lectures in institutions like [[Christ University]], [[University of Hyderabad]], [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]] etc., on development, gender, human rights, and Dalit issues.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} She has worked as a consultant of many organizations in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epw.in/author/rekha-raj|title=Rekha Raj|date=5 June 2015|website=Economic and Political Weekly}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/kerala/dalit-activist-rekha-raj-appointed-as-assistant-professor-at-mg-university-jj-163519.html|title=പ്രശസ്ത ദളിത്- സ്ത്രീ ചിന്തക രേഖ രാജ് ഇനി എംജി സർവകലാശാലയിൽ അസിസ്റ്റന്‍റ് പ്രൊഫസർ|date=10 October 2019|website=News18 Malayalam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8735:conceptualize-the-human-as-a-product-of-dalit-struggles&catid=119&Itemid=132|title=Conceptualize the 'human' as a product of Dalit struggles: Rekha Raj|first=Rekha|last=Raj|website=Round Table India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2020/speakers/rekha-rajrekha-raj-mbifl-2020-1.4471635|title=Rekha Raj|website=Mathrubhumi}}</ref>

==Early life==
Raj was born to K P Nalinakshi and S Rajappan on 5 May 1978 in [[Kottayam]], a central district of Kerala. She lives with her husband [[M. R. Renukumar]] and son. With a PhD in philosophy under the title "Politics of Gender and Dalit Identity: Representation of Dalit Women in Contemporary Dalit Discourses in Kerala", she currently works as [[assistant professor]] at the School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies in [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} She was a project manager of women's rights at [[Amnesty International India]] earlier.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.doolnews.com/rekha-raj-response-in-sabarimala-women-entry-258.html|title=ഇന്ത്യയിലെ സ്ത്രീകളുടെ ജീവിതത്തിലെ ചരിത്രപരമായ നിമിഷം: ഡോ. രേഖാരാജ്|website=DoolNews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/women-in-kerala-media/womeninmedia-7c101786ee96|title=#Womeninmedia|first=GI|last=LABS|date=2 February 2019|website=Medium}}</ref>

==Works==
Raj has written a book titled ''Dalit Sthree Idapedalukal''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.dcbooks.com/dalit-sthree-idapedalukal-released.html|title=‘Dalit Sthree Idapedalukal’ released}}</ref> in 2015, which was translated into Tamil in 2017. She was a guest editor of the ''Sanghaditha'' magazine<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/womens-world/|title=Women’s world|date=12 August 2017|website=Times of India Blog}}</ref> special issue on ''Dalit Women'' in 2013. She has written many articles both in academic and other magazines including ''[[Economic and Political Weekly]],'' ''Mathrubhumi,'' ''[[Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika]],'' ''[[Madhyamam Weekly]]'' and many other current periodicals in India.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} She also writes short stories and screenplays. Her areas of academic interest are extended to gender, development, ethnic, cultural, dalit and subaltern studies.

==Awards and honors==
* 2012: Rahna Award from Mochitha Sthree Padana Kendram, [[Alappuzha]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
* Raj is an alumnus of international visitors leadership program by United States of America government.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://malayalam.news18.com/news/kerala/dalit-activist-rekha-raj-appointed-as-assistant-professor-at-mg-university-jj-163519.html പ്രശസ്ത ദളിത്- സ്ത്രീ ചിന്തക രേഖ രാജ് ഇനി എംജി സർവകലാശാലയിൽ അസിസ്റ്റന്‍റ് പ്രൊഫസർ]
*[https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/outrage-intensifies-after-acquittal-four-accused-rape-and-murder-walayar-sisters-111320 ]
*[https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2019/dec/24/thousands-turn-up-for-long-march-against-caa-2080093.html Thousands turn up for long march against CAA]

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