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'''Urmi Basu''' is an Indian woman who has been protecting sex workers in Kolkata. In 2019 she received the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] - the highest award for women in India.

==Life==
Basu was born in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=wef>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wef.org.in/urmi-basu/|title=Urmi Basu - India {{!}} WEF {{!}} Women Economic Forum|website=WEF|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> Her parents were both medical professionals and she enjoyed a good education.
[[File:PM interacts with recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 02.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] awardees. Basu is far right bar one ]]
She founded the organisation, "New Light" that looks after sex workers in Kolkata in 2000. She used her own funds to create the organisation. It was said that she left her second husband when he was unsupportive of her work.<ref name=wef/> New Light's base has a creche and it allows women to stay there in the night shelter. She is concerned about trans-generational prostitution,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thinkglobalschool.org/guest-speakers/urmi-basu/|title=Urmi Basu|website=thinkglobalschool.org|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> 90% of the daughters of sex workers follow them into prostitution starting at an average age of thirteen.<ref name=itvs/>

In 2012 she and her organisation were featured in an American ([[PBS]]) film titled "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide".<ref name=itvs>{{Cite web|url=https://itvs.org/blog/prostitution-is-absence-of-choice|title="Prostitution is Absence of Choice" {{!}} ITVS|website=itvs.org|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> It was a four-hour documentary which premiered on PBS in October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/|title=Independent Lens: Half the Sky|publisher=PBS.org|access-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref>

She was given the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award on [[International Women's Day]] in 2019. The "2018" award was made in the Presidential Palace by the President of India. Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] was present.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery|website=narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in|access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Nari Shakti Puraskar}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian women's rights activists]]
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