The long standing fight for women's due rights and their due place in society suffered a body blow as veteran women's right activist Vina Mazumdar passed away in the national capital of a lung related disorder three days back at the ripe old age of 87.......
Vina is survived by four children- three daughters and a son.......
An avowed and unequivocal advocate of increased women's representation in parliament, Vina had the rare honour and privilege of being the first Secretary of the committee on the status of women in India that brought out an epochal and path breaking report way back in 1974.......
Infact, so far reaching and all encompassing were the contents of that path breaking report that many a present day woman's right activist still continues to swear by the same and even term or call it the bedrock or foundation on which the edifice of the women's right movement in the country is based.......
She was also the founding Director of the Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS) an autonomous organisation of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICCSR) where she continued to hold the post of National Research Professor till her very last breath.......
Her pioneering spirit and undying devotion to the cause of women's emancipation will sorely be missed, Vina Mazumdar the living embodiment of a noble cause and unswerving dedication to the very same cause she espoused selflessly and held dear to her heart........
Vina is survived by four children- three daughters and a son.......
An avowed and unequivocal advocate of increased women's representation in parliament, Vina had the rare honour and privilege of being the first Secretary of the committee on the status of women in India that brought out an epochal and path breaking report way back in 1974.......
Infact, so far reaching and all encompassing were the contents of that path breaking report that many a present day woman's right activist still continues to swear by the same and even term or call it the bedrock or foundation on which the edifice of the women's right movement in the country is based.......
She was also the founding Director of the Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS) an autonomous organisation of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICCSR) where she continued to hold the post of National Research Professor till her very last breath.......
Her pioneering spirit and undying devotion to the cause of women's emancipation will sorely be missed, Vina Mazumdar the living embodiment of a noble cause and unswerving dedication to the very same cause she espoused selflessly and held dear to her heart........
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