Anuradha Kapoor is an Indian social activist and the director and founder of SWAYAM, a non-profit organization established to empower women and end violence against women in India.
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Anuradha Kapoor was born on Wednesday, 16 October 1963 (age 57 years; as in 2020) in Kolkata, West Bengal. His zodiac sign is Libra. She did her schooling from La Martiniere for Girls School, Kolkata. She studied Bachelor of Commerce from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi.
Physical Appearance
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
family and caste
He was born in an affluent family of successful entrepreneurs. She was married to Naveen Kishore, owner of the Kolkata-based publishing house Seagull Books. She met her husband while she was working in a publishing house.
Anuradha Kapoor with her husband
They have a son named Varun Kishore who is a musician, composer and producer.
Anuradha Kapoor with her husband and son
livelihood
Before becoming a social worker, she was part of Seagull Books (as a manager), a publishing house in Kolkata. While working at Seagull Books, she met many creative people and began attending discourses on gender issues, which shaped her sensibilities. Along with her job, she also engaged in a lot of voluntary work. He said,
I started working with CINI (Child in Need Institute). I wanted to work on women’s issues. I worked with Jeevika, Nari Nirjatan Pratisthan Manch and other NGOs in the city. ,
During her volunteering days she realized the issue of violence against women in India, which was hardly talked about in the media and society. There were organizations that helped women with counseling, legal, or other services, but efforts were essentially piecemeal. according to him,
I felt there should be organizations that provide all these services under one roof.”
With the aim of bringing about change, she founded Swayam, a non-profit organization working for women’s rights and ending violence against women in India in 1995. She is its own director and committee member. An organization that began as a women’s shelter has become a provider of direct support services to survivors of violence, working with community groups to create violence-free communities, and conducting public education programs.
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The organization is involved in advocacy, research, publishing and documentation work on violence against women and other related issues. Together with Swayam, she played a key role in passing the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and has since been working to ensure that it is effectively implemented at the state and national levels. Additionally, she has conducted judicial training as a part of the Asian Pacific Consultative Forum on Judicial Education on equality issues and with police, corporate houses, educational institutions, NGOs and CBOs in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Have taken training. And Bangladesh. Apart from handling domestic violence cases, Swamy has handled several high profile cases including the Phoolbagan rape case in 2000 (a disabled teenager was raped by some constables) and the gang rape of a Bangladeshi woman at Howrah station in the late 90s. Profile: Have dealt with rape cases. Swayam is also associated with Eve Ensler’s One Billion Rising program and has been fighting for in-camera proceedings for rape victims for a long time.
Swayam Team in 1 Billion Growing Revolution Campaign
Awards and Achievements
- Tata Steel honored in Kolkata for raising highest amount of funds in 2019
Anuradha Kapoor honored at event organized by Tata Steel Kolkata
- Most Powerful Women Influencer Award by Business Today in 2018
- Member of the Civil Society Advisory Groups of the UN Women Multi-Country Office for India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives
Facts/General Knowledge
- She is known as ‘Anu Di’ by her colleagues and her own people.
- Anuradha Kapoor is an Ashoka Fellow (since 1996) and an Eisenhower Fellow.
- In May 2016, Swayam won the Canadian Council for International Co-operation Award in the Women’s Rights Project category.
- In 2014, she contributed a chapter on violence against women to the CEDAW Committee’s Civil Society Alternative Report.
- She has also been a guest speaker on women’s rights courses conducted by the women’s studies departments at Calcutta University and Jadavpur University.
- She has also been invited to speak at several international forums by United Nations agencies and civil society organizations and addressed the International Conference on Human Rights, Equality and Gender at the University of Connecticut, United States, organized by the UNESCO President in 2006, 2008 and 2013. Was.
- They have also collaborated on research and manuals on violence against women.
- In 2020, she appeared in Karamveer Special of the reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. He was also accompanied by Indian actor and director Ratna Pathak Shah.
Anuradha Kapoor in Kaun Banega Crorepati
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