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'''Swaraj Vidwan''' is an [[India]]n social worker and activist for the underrepresented. She is a member of the [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]]. She was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] by the government of India for her work with vulnerable and marginalised groups.

== Life ==
She works with vulnerable and marginalised groups. Around 2000 she started her work looking after people in [[Uttarkashi]].<ref name=":0" /> She set up over 100 self help groups to empower the members and also arranged funding allowing 160 poor women to marry. She arranged for 1200 women to find a pension and for another 500 women to arrange finance to become self employed.<ref name=":0" /> 800 girls who had difficulty attending school were found money to cover their school books and their school uniform.<ref name=":0" />

[[Gomukh]] is a glacier and Vidwan arranged for 120 people to clean it up and improve the environment. More urgently she helped organise assistance after the [[2013 North India floods]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Citation by the Ministry of WCD|url=https://twitter.com/ministrywcd/status/767932269965312000|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>

On [[International Woman's Day]] in 2015 she received the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Verma|first=Manish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sak-CgAAQBAJ&q=%22Swaraj+Vidwan%22+born&pg=PT136|title=Current Affairs Manual 2016|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5083-016-1|language=en}}</ref> She was one of the first eight [[Nari Shakti Puraskar|Nari Shakti Awards]] for her leadership and achievement the year before.<ref name="delhi">{{Cite web|last1=DelhiMarch 9|first1=IndiaToday in New|last2=March 9|first2=2015UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2015 14:43|title=Stree Shakti Puraskar and Nari Shakti Puraskar presented to 6 and 8 Indian women respectively|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/stree-shakti-puraskar-and-nari-shakti-puraskar-presented-to-6-and-8-indian-women-respectively-243468-2015-03-09|access-date=2020-07-03|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> The award was made by the then Indian President [[Pranab Mukherjee]].<ref>{{cite web|date=9 March 2017|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar awardees full list|url=https://www.bestcurrentaffairs.com/nari-shakti-puruskar-awardees-full-list|accessdate=2020-07-04|website=Best Current Affairs}}</ref>

Vidwan helps rape victims,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaundal|first=Roop Lal|title=Swaraj Vidwan Questions HP Women Commissions Silence Over Blind Girl Rape – Hill Post|url=https://hillpost.in/2017/06/swaraj-vidwan-questions-hp-women-commissions-silence-over-blind-girl-rape/108758/|access-date=2020-07-04|language=en-US}}</ref> particularly where she suspects that the police are ignoring cases where the victim is from a lower caste.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-24|title=Schedule Caste victims get raw deal from Pune Police, says panel; top cop denies charges|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/schedule-caste-victims-get-raw-deal-from-pune-police-says-panel-top-cop-denies-charges-4810906/|access-date=2020-07-04|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> In 2018 she and the [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]] were interceding on behalf of a 16 year old rape victim. The man the police accused of the crime died in custody. Vidwan wanted the police person charged with murder as she suspected that the man's convenient death may be hiding the real rapists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shimla Schoolgirl Case: NCSC Reprimands Police For 'Trying To Hush' Issue|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shimla-schoolgirl-case-ncsc-reprimands-police-for-trying-to-hush-issue-1737291|access-date=2020-07-04|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

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

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[[Category:People from Uttarakhand]]
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