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'''Uttara Padwar''' is an [[India]]n charity worker from [[Madhya Pradesh]] who was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] in 2013.

==Life==

Uttara Padwar is from Madhya Pradesh where she leads a "Prayas Shiksha Samiti". This group works with [[Baiga tribe|Baigas]], [[Gondi people]] and the Abhujhmarias. These tribal people suffer from poverty, malnutrition and disease and her group strives to alleviate it.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016|title=List of Nari Shakti Puraskar Awardees|url=http://pibphoto.nic.in/documents/rlink/2016/mar/p20163801.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=July 2020|website=PIB.IN}}</ref> Padwar started teaching children and her small class grew into a school which was registered with the name "Rani Durgawati School".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016|title=She Inspires Us|url=https://twitter.com/MinistryWCD/status/1235957152461623297|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 July 2020|website=WCD Ministry}}</ref> One of the common causes of death locally is fire as people will make a mattress of dried grasses and then go to sleep beside a fire. They then die when their mattress catches alight. A related problem is cold as each winter people need to decide between warm clothing and eating. Padwar and her charity supply "winter kits". The kits consist of warm clothes, woollens and blankets and they can save families thousands of rupees each year.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Indian|first=The Logical|date=2016-12-20|title=6-Years-Old Girl Said "When I Feel Cold, I Hug The Dead Body And Sleep. It Does Not Trouble Me"|url=https://thelogicalindian.com/my-social-responsibility/winter-cold-death/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=thelogicalindian.com|language=en}}</ref>

Padwar was chosen to receive the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]]/Stree Shakti Puraskar on International Women's Day in 2016.<ref name=jai>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-17|title=Meena Sharma - Jaipur Literature Festival|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/speaker/meena-sharma|access-date=2020-07-08|website=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/|language=en}}</ref> The award was made by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan|Presidential palace]] in New Delhi. Another fourteen women and seven institutions were honoured that day.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-03-08|title=Give women freedom to exercise choices at home, workplace: President Pranab Mukherjee|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/give-women-freedom-to-exercise-choices-at-home-workplace-president-pranab-mukherjee/articleshow/51312597.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref>

Mukherjee and the Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] gave speeches about the need to empower women. Mukherjee highlighted the problem of the higher number of male babies due to some parents choosing to have an abortion if their child is female.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-03-08|title=Give women freedom to exercise choices at home, workplace:Prez|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/give-women-freedom-to-exercise-choices-at-home-workplace-prez-116030800811_1.html|access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref>

She is profiled for her work in the media<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Jyoti|date=16 Sep 2017|title=Uttara Padwar, Social Activist !! Swayamsiddha|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZDAj9vV4r4|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> and she has been recognised with other awards.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 2020|title=Women's Achievers Awards 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZcS_c6Ef3U|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

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

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