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| name = Manjula Pradeep | | name = Manjula Pradeep | ||
| image = Manjula Pradeep addresses a crowd.jpg | | image = Manjula Pradeep addresses a crowd.jpg | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|6}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|6|df=y}} | ||
| nationality = Indian | | nationality = Indian | ||
| | | alma_mater = Social Work, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ([[Master's degree|MA]], 1992) <br /> LL.B., Gujarat University (1998) | ||
LL.B., Gujarat University (1998) | |||
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'''Manjula Pradeep''' ({{lang-hi|मंजुला प्रदीप}}) is an Indian human rights activist and a lawyer. She is the former Executive Director of [[Navsarjan Trust]], one of the largest Dalit rights organizations in [[India]], addressing the issues of [[Caste system in India|caste]] discrimination and [[Gender inequality in India|gender based discrimination]]. | '''Manjula Pradeep''' ({{lang-hi|मंजुला प्रदीप}}; born 6 October 1969) is an Indian human rights activist and a lawyer. She is the former Executive Director of [[Navsarjan Trust]], one of the largest Dalit rights organizations in [[India]], addressing the issues of [[Caste system in India|caste]] discrimination and [[Gender inequality in India|gender based discrimination]]. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Manjula Pradeep was born on October | Manjula Pradeep was born on 6 October 1969 in [[Vadodara]] (formerly known as Baroda) in [[Gujarat]] in an orthodox [[Dalit]] family, shortly after her family migrated from [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1968.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=http://catcher.sandiego.edu/items/peacestudies/Manjula-Pradeep-India.pdf|title=BROKEN CAN HEAL: The Life and Work of Manjula Pradeep of India|publisher=Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, University of San Diego, USA|year=2011}}</ref> Her birth was met with disappointment as her father expected a son, instead of a second daughter. He blamed Manjula's mother for her birth and abused both of them physically and mentally since her birth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://defindia.org/manjula-pradeep/|title=Manjula Pradeep|website=defindia.org}}</ref> Manjula was also sexually abused by four men in her childhood.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-manjula-pradeep/|title=INTERVIEW: MANJULA PRADEEP|work=In Plain Speak}}</ref> | ||
Fearing caste discrimination, Manjula's father hid their [[surname]] and instead took up a generic name 'Pradeep' as a surname.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-manjula-pradeep/|title=INTERVIEW: MANJULA PRADEEP|work=In Plainspeak}}</ref> However, that did not prevent Manjula from discrimination at school. Her teachers and peers often ridiculed her due to her caste; students would call her “ABC,” referring to “BC,” or “Backwards Caste”.<ref name=":1" /> | Fearing caste discrimination, Manjula's father hid their [[surname]] and instead took up a generic name 'Pradeep' as a surname.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-manjula-pradeep/|title=INTERVIEW: MANJULA PRADEEP|work=In Plainspeak}}</ref> However, that did not prevent Manjula from discrimination at school. Her teachers and peers often ridiculed her due to her caste; students would call her “ABC,” referring to “BC,” or “Backwards Caste”.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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[[Category:1969 births]] | |||
[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:Indian human rights activists]] | [[Category:Indian human rights activists]] | ||
[[Category:Indian women activists]] | [[Category:Indian women activists]] | ||
[[Category:Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda alumni]] | [[Category:Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Gujarat University alumni]] | [[Category:Gujarat University alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Women human rights activists]] | [[Category:Women human rights activists]] | ||