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{{Short description|Indian social worker and activist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1977}}
| occupation = Social worker, activist for the visibility of violence against women, astrologer, theatre actress and television presenter
| employer = [[BBC India]]
| website = {{URL|https://snehajawale.com/}}
}}

'''Sneha Jawale''' (born 1977) is an Indian social worker and activist for the visibility of violence against women. She is also an astrologer, actress and television presenter for BBC India.

== Biography ==
Jawale is based in [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India. She was married when she was 20 years old.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chandani |first=Priyanka |title=Burns Survivor Sneha Jawale Is A BBC Guest Presenter |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/burns-survivor-sneha-jawale-is-a-bbc-guest-presenter |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en |archive-date=7 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407223043/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/burns-survivor-sneha-jawale-is-a-bbc-guest-presenter |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2000, Jawale's parents were unable to fulfil her husband's demand for more [[dowry]] payments.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last1=Siddiqui |first1=Kashif |last2=Divya |first2=Arya |date=6 December 2022 |title='I say I am beautiful, so I am' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-63854630 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407223043/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-63854630 |archive-date=7 April 2025 |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Her husband then set her on fire with [[kerosene]] in the presence of their four-year-old son.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=2015-04-27 |title=Review: 'Nirbhaya,' a Lamentation and a Rallying Cry for Indian Women |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/theater/review-nirbhaya-a-lamentation-and-a-rallying-cry-for-indian-women.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=28 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928010500/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/theater/review-nirbhaya-a-lamentation-and-a-rallying-cry-for-indian-women.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Jawale suffered 80 per cent burns and spent two-and-a-half months in hospital.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Chandani |first=Priyanka |date=2023-07-19 |title=Burned alive by her husband, Sneha Jawale raises awareness about domestic violence, works for BBC India |url=https://orato.world/2023/07/19/burned-alive-by-her-husband-sneha-jawale-raises-awareness-on-domestic-violence-fights-for-womens-rights-in-india/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Orato |language=en-US}}</ref> After the attack, her husband asked her family not to file a police complaint.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Deshpande |first=Haima |date=2012-01-07 |title='If You Don't Like My Face, Don't look' |url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/india/if-you-dont-like-my-face-dont-look/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Open The Magazine |language=en |archive-date=7 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407223044/https://openthemagazine.com/features/india/if-you-dont-like-my-face-dont-look/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her husband later filed for divorce in a court in [[Osmanabad]], which was granted,<ref name=":4" /> and took her son away.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fadhilah |first=Hasna Azmi |date=2023-01-14 |title=Sneha Jawale: Melawan Stigma KDRT di India |url=https://shebuildspeace.id/sneha-jawale-melawan-stigma-kdrt-di-india/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=She Builds Peace |language=en-US}}</ref>

After her divorce, Jawale sold her jewellery, rented a house and achieved an education degree. She was unable to find paid work, so became an astrologer and tarot reader to earn money.<ref name=":3" /> Jawale also became an activist, and participated in the 2013 [[One Billion Rising]] campaign.<ref name=":3" />

In 2014, Jawale starred in [[Yaël Farber|Yael Faber]]'s theatre play, ''[[Nirbhaya]]'',<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghose |first=Anindita |date=2014-03-14 |title=Q&A with the director of 'Nirbhaya' |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/bringing-nirbhaya-life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407223045/https://www.vogue.in/content/bringing-nirbhaya-life |archive-date=7 April 2025 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=[[Vogue India]] |language=en-IN}}</ref> performing in 300 shows worldwide.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title=Burn injury and domestic violence survivor, Sneha Jawale is BBC's new guest presenter |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/05/23/burn-injury-and-domestic-violence-survivor-sneha-jawale-is-bbcs-new-guest-presenter |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Newslaundry |language=en}}</ref> The play is named after one of the pseudonyms of the [[2012 Delhi gang rape and murder|2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder]] victim, Jyoti Singh,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Sandhip |date=2012-12-24 |title=Why does media want to give Delhi gangrape victim a name? |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/why-does-media-want-to-give-delhi-gangrape-victim-a-name-567444.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928124100/https://www.firstpost.com/living/why-does-media-want-to-give-delhi-gangrape-victim-a-name-567444.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-06 |title=Nirbhaya 10 years on: The lives the Delhi gang rape changed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63817388 |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407223043/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63817388 |url-status=live }}</ref> and is based on the experiences of survivors of [[domestic violence]] in India.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-75af095e-21f7-41b0-9c5f-a96a5e0615c1 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207131215/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-75af095e-21f7-41b0-9c5f-a96a5e0615c1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Jawale shared her personal testimony during the performances.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Diamond |first1=Elin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhnEDgAAQBAJ&dq=sneha+jawale&pg=PA112 |title=Performance, Feminism and Affect in Neoliberal Times |last2=Varney |first2=Denise |last3=Amich |first3=Candice |date=2017-04-29 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-59810-3 |pages=111–112 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Kavita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3alXEAAAQBAJ&dq=sneha+jawale&pg=PA51 |title=Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues |date=2022-10-04 |publisher=Beacon Press |isbn=978-0-8070-4649-4 |pages=51–52 |language=en}}</ref>

Jawale has also worked a guest anchor at [[BBC India]],<ref name=":0" /> presenting explainer videos.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kgc3q2bGc |title=Burn Survivor to BBC Presenter: Sneha Jawale's Story of Defiance |date=2023-06-05 |last=The Quint |access-date=2025-04-07 |via=YouTube |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619051336/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_kgc3q2bGc |url-status=live }}</ref>

She was named a BBC 100 Woman in 2022.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Press Trust of India |date=2022-12-06 |title=4 Indians on BBC's 100 Women' list of influential figures of 2022 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/4-indians-on-bbc-s-100-women-list-of-influential-figures-of-2022-122120601154_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212072846/https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/4-indians-on-bbc-s-100-women-list-of-influential-figures-of-2022-122120601154_1.html |archive-date=2022-12-12 |access-date=2025-07-29 |language=en}}</ref>

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