Albertina Almeida

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Albertina Almeida (born 1966) is a lawyer and human rights activist from Goa.[1]

Career[edit]

Almeida's parents both worked for the government. She holds a doctorate in Law and has authored a thesis on the matrimonial property rights of women.[2] She co-founded Bailancho Saad (transl. Voice of Women), a women's collective organisation, and later Saad Aangan., a gender resource group.[3] She has also co-initiated several other citizens' formations such as Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony and SEZ Watch. She is a member of the Al-Zulaij Collective and of the Social Justice Action Committee-Goa. She has been a speaker at successive editions of the Goa Arts and Literature Festival.[4] She was also part of a panel at Difficult Dialogues 2018, speaking on the topic Empowerment within the Family: Women and the Law,[5] and is a member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, which has a consultative status with UN ESCAP and is part of many networks including the Intercontinental Alliance for Women, Law and Development. She is the author of the book Tug and Tear: Dealing With Child Sexual Abuse.[6]

She has been a member of the Board of Studies in Women's Studies at Goa University and at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and has an office in Taleigao, Goa.[7] She has written articles for Herald Goa, "Goa Today" The Wire and DNA News.[8] and poems for Muse India. She was part of the drafting Committee constituted by the Government of Goa to review and revise the Family Laws of Goa http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-2-SI-OG-0.pdf She was also part of the panel for the program of Zero Discrimination Day, organised by Human Touch Foundation at Instituto Nossa Senhora de Piedade, Panjim.[9]

Work with Bailancho Saad[edit]

Almeida co-founded Bailancho Saad in 1986. The organisation was responsible for putting gender on the agenda in Goa, and for getting the Dowry Prohibition Act extended to Goa and for unearthing a racket of selling abandoned infants in Goa.[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "People with HIV speak out against discrimination - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Albertina Almeida: The 'Rights' Woman For The Job". goastreets. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Islam, K. M. Baharul (25 April 2014). Issues in Women’s Rights: A Practitioner’s Resource Book. Allied Publishers. p. 335. ISBN 9788184249101.
  4. ↑ "Speakers 2018 - Goa Arts and Literature Festival". www.goaartlitfest.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Empowerment within the Family : Women and the Law". Difficult Dialogues. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ↑ nilankur (9 January 2019). "In Conversation: Deepa Narayan with Albertina Almeida". thus. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "GoaUniversity: Board of Studies". www.unigoa.ac.in. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Articles by Albertina Almeida". DNA. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Remedios, Nicole (6 March 2019). "HUMAN TOUCH FOUNDATION URGES ACTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND PRACTICES". oHeraldo. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Thomas, Elizabeth (12 October 2011). "The womenas call for awakening is 25 years old". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Prabhudesai, Sandesh. "The Rediff On The NeT Special: Babies for a price". Rediff. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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