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'''Shamita Das Dasgupta''' ([[Bengali people|Bengali]] : শমীতা দাশ দাশগুপ্ত, born 1949) is an Asian Indian scholar and [[activism|activist]].<ref>[http://www.abbeville.com/interiors.asp?ISBN=0789203383&CaptionNumber=05 ''The Family of Women'' by Carolyn Jones and Todd Lyon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217140052/http://www.abbeville.com/interiors.asp?ISBN=0789203383&CaptionNumber=05 |date=2012-02-17 }}</ref> A social activist since early 1970s, she co-founded [[Manavi - An Organization for South Asian Women|Manavi]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nriworld.com/achievers/display.asp?achname=Shamita%20Dasgupta |title=NRI world – the Platform for Global Indians |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123064948/http://www.nriworld.com/achievers/display.asp?achname=Shamita%20Dasgupta |archive-date=2006-11-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the first organization of its kind that focuses on [[violence against women|violence]] against South Asian women in the United States. A part-time teacher and full-time community worker, she has written extensively in the areas of [[ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[gender]], [[immigration]], and [[violence against women]]. Her books include: ''A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America'', ''Body Evidence: Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America'', ''Globalization and Transnational Surrogacy in India: Outsourcing Life'' and ''Mothers for Sale: Women in Kolkata’s Sex Trade''.<ref>[http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/Balgopal%20Lecture%202009.pdf The Annual Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian Americans]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
'''Shamita Das Dasgupta''' ([[Bengali people|Bengali]] : শমীতা দাশ দাশগুপ্ত, born 1949) is an Asian Indian scholar and [[activism|activist]].<ref>[http://www.abbeville.com/interiors.asp?ISBN=0789203383&CaptionNumber=05 ''The Family of Women'' by Carolyn Jones and Todd Lyon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217140052/http://www.abbeville.com/interiors.asp?ISBN=0789203383&CaptionNumber=05 |date=2012-02-17 }}</ref> A social activist since early 1970s, she co-founded [[Manavi - An Organization for South Asian Women|Manavi]] in 1985.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nriworld.com/achievers/display.asp?achname=Shamita%20Dasgupta |title=NRI world – the Platform for Global Indians |access-date=2009-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123064948/http://www.nriworld.com/achievers/display.asp?achname=Shamita%20Dasgupta |archive-date=2006-11-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the first organization of its kind that focuses on [[violence against women|violence]] against South Asian women in the United States. A part-time teacher and full-time community worker, she has written extensively in the areas of [[ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[gender]], [[immigration]], and [[violence against women]]. Her books include: ''A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America'', ''Body Evidence: Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America'', ''Globalization and Transnational Surrogacy in India: Outsourcing Life'' and ''Mothers for Sale: Women in Kolkata’s Sex Trade''.<ref>[http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/Balgopal%20Lecture%202009.pdf The Annual Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian Americans]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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Married at an early age, she moved to the US at the age of 19.<ref>[http://www.abbeville.com/interiors.asp?ISBN=0789203383&CaptionNumber=05 ''The Family of Women'' by Carolyn Jones and Todd Lyon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217140052/http://www.abbeville.com/interiors.asp?ISBN=0789203383&CaptionNumber=05 |date=2012-02-17 }}</ref> She did her undergraduate and graduate studies at [[Ohio State University]]<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=An investigation of sex-role identity of women prisoners.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/investigation-of-sex-role-identity-of-women-prisoners/oclc/6291331|date=1979|language=English|first=Shamita Das|last=Dasgupta|oclc = 6291331}}</ref> and received her PhD in [[developmental psychology]].<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Relations between women's gender identities and gender-associated activities in crime and occupation|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/relations-between-womens-gender-identities-and-gender-associated-activities-in-crime-and-occupation/oclc/10128557|date=1983|language=English|first=Shamita Das|last=Dasgupta|oclc = 10128557}}</ref> She moved to New Jersey and taught at [[Rutgers University]] for several years.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Her deep interest in issues relating to [[domestic violence]] led her to head a women’s agency in Pennsylvania.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} From her association with various women’s organizations, she realized that South Asian women were generally ignored by the mainstream domestic violence organizations, so she decided to establish an organization that would focus on their unique issues. She co-founded [[Manavi - An Organization for South Asian Women|Manavi]], an organization for South Asian women, in New Jersey with five other women.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Roy|first=Debjani|date=2012|title=South Asian Battered Women's Use of Force Against Intimate Male Partners|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801212461431|journal=Violence Against Women|volume=18|issue=9|pages=1108–1118|doi=10.1177/1077801212461431|pmid=23108807|s2cid=23695174|issn=1077-8012}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Married at an early age, she moved to the US at the age of 19. She did her undergraduate and graduate studies at [[Ohio State University]] and received her PhD in [[developmental psychology]]. She moved to New Jersey and taught at [[Rutgers University]] for several years. Her deep interest in issues relating to [[domestic violence]] led her to head a women’s agency in Pennsylvania. From her association with various women’s organizations, she realized that South Asian women were generally ignored by the mainstream domestic violence organizations, so she decided to establish an organization that would focus on their unique issues. She co-founded [[Manavi - An Organization for South Asian Women|Manavi]], an organization for South Asian women, in New Jersey with five other women.


==Activism and academia==
==Activism and academia==
Although, Shamita describes herself as a community worker,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723232738/http://www.oneamerica.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9&products_id=61  One America celebrating our diversity]</ref> she is one of the few community workers who have established themselves as an academic through research and teaching. She has written numerous articles on south Asian women’s issues and collaborated with her physician daughter, [[Sayantani DasGupta]], on mother-daughter experiences. Currently she is an adjunct faculty member at the [[New York University School of Law]]. She serves on the editorial board of ''Violence against Women'' journal.<ref>[http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdEditBoards.nav?prodId=Journal200837 Sage Journal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104070522/http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdEditBoards.nav?prodId=Journal200837 |date=2010-01-04 }}</ref>  Recipient of many awards including the [[Bannerman Fellowship]], she is on the board of several national organizations.
Although, Shamita describes herself as a community worker,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723232738/http://www.oneamerica.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9&products_id=61  One America celebrating our diversity]</ref> she is one of the few community workers who have established themselves as an academic through research and teaching. She has written numerous articles on south Asian women’s issues and collaborated with her physician daughter, [[Sayantani DasGupta]], on mother-daughter experiences. Currently she is an adjunct faculty member at the [[New York University School of Law]]. She serves on the editorial board of ''Violence against Women'' journal.<ref>[http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdEditBoards.nav?prodId=Journal200837 Sage Journal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104070522/http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdEditBoards.nav?prodId=Journal200837 |date=2010-01-04 }}</ref>  Recipient of many awards including the [[Bannerman Fellowship]],<ref name=":0" /> she is on the board of several national organizations.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|title=The demon slayers and other stories: Bengali folk tales|publisher=[[Interlink Books]]|year=1995|isbn=978-1-56656-156-3 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=pZ6BAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=The demon slayers and other stories: Bengali folk tales|publisher=[[Interlink Books]]|year=1995|isbn=978-1-56656-156-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pZ6BAAAAMAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America|publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]]|year=1998|isbn=978-0-81352-518-1|url=https://archive.org/details/patchworkshawlch00dasg|url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book|title=A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America|publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]]|year=1998|isbn=978-0-81352-518-1|url=https://archive.org/details/patchworkshawlch00dasg|url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book|title=Body Evidence: Intimate Violence against South Asian Women in America|publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]]|year=2007|isbn= 978-0-81353-982-9 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=DBoEAQAAIAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Body Evidence: Intimate Violence against South Asian Women in America|publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]]|year=2007|isbn= 978-0-81353-982-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBoEAQAAIAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Mothers for Sale: Women in Kolkata's Sex Trade|publisher=[[Dasgupta-Alliance]]|year=2009|isbn= 978-8-18211-051-9 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=H9wGPwAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Mothers for Sale: Women in Kolkata's Sex Trade|publisher=Dasgupta-Alliance|year=2009|isbn= 978-8-18211-051-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9wGPwAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Globalization and Transnational Surrogacy in India: Outsourcing Life|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|year=2014|isbn=978-0-73918-742-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvIInwEACAAJ}}
* {{cite book|title=Globalization and Transnational Surrogacy in India: Outsourcing Life|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|year=2014|isbn=978-0-73918-742-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvIInwEACAAJ}}


Latest revision as of 03:10, 22 January 2022

Not to be confused with the seismologist Shamita Das.


Shamita Das Dasgupta
Shamitadasdasguptaenews.jpg
Born
Shukla Das
EducationSakhawat Memorial High School
BS, MS, PhD Ohio State University
Occupationteaching, social activism
Notable work
cofounder of Manavi
Spouse(s)Sujan DasGupta
ChildrenSayantani DasGupta

Shamita Das Dasgupta (Bengali : শমীতা দাশ দাশগুপ্ত, born 1949) is an Asian Indian scholar and activist.[1] A social activist since early 1970s, she co-founded Manavi in 1985.[2] It is the first organization of its kind that focuses on violence against South Asian women in the United States. A part-time teacher and full-time community worker, she has written extensively in the areas of ethnicity, gender, immigration, and violence against women. Her books include: A Patchwork Shawl: Chronicles of South Asian Women in America, Body Evidence: Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America, Globalization and Transnational Surrogacy in India: Outsourcing Life and Mothers for Sale: Women in Kolkata’s Sex Trade.[3]

Background[edit]

Married at an early age, she moved to the US at the age of 19.[4] She did her undergraduate and graduate studies at Ohio State University[5] and received her PhD in developmental psychology.[6] She moved to New Jersey and taught at Rutgers University for several years.[citation needed] Her deep interest in issues relating to domestic violence led her to head a women’s agency in Pennsylvania.[citation needed] From her association with various women’s organizations, she realized that South Asian women were generally ignored by the mainstream domestic violence organizations, so she decided to establish an organization that would focus on their unique issues. She co-founded Manavi, an organization for South Asian women, in New Jersey with five other women.[7][2]

Activism and academia[edit]

Although, Shamita describes herself as a community worker,[8] she is one of the few community workers who have established themselves as an academic through research and teaching. She has written numerous articles on south Asian women’s issues and collaborated with her physician daughter, Sayantani DasGupta, on mother-daughter experiences. Currently she is an adjunct faculty member at the New York University School of Law. She serves on the editorial board of Violence against Women journal.[9] Recipient of many awards including the Bannerman Fellowship,[2] she is on the board of several national organizations.

Bibliography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Family of Women by Carolyn Jones and Todd Lyon Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NRI world – the Platform for Global Indians". Archived from the original on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  3. ↑ The Annual Balgopal Lecture on Human Rights and Asian Americans[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ The Family of Women by Carolyn Jones and Todd Lyon Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Dasgupta, Shamita Das (1979). An investigation of sex-role identity of women prisoners (Thesis). OCLC 6291331.
  6. ↑ Dasgupta, Shamita Das (1983). Relations between women's gender identities and gender-associated activities in crime and occupation (Thesis). OCLC 10128557.
  7. ↑ Roy, Debjani (2012). "South Asian Battered Women's Use of Force Against Intimate Male Partners". Violence Against Women. 18 (9): 1108–1118. doi:10.1177/1077801212461431. ISSN 1077-8012. PMID 23108807. S2CID 23695174.
  8. ↑ One America celebrating our diversity
  9. ↑ Sage Journal Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine

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