Zakia Soman | |
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Education | M.A. and M.Phil. in English |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, Writer |
Known for | founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan |
Zakia Soman is an Indian women's rights activist from and the founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a non-governmental women rights Organisation.[1]
Zakia Somani was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
She worked as a university professor of Business Communication in English at the University of Gujrat.[2]
Zakia is an advocate of the rights of Muslim women.[3] She has worked and written extensively on issues of peace and justice, secularism, human rights, and minority rights. She also set-up the Peace and Human Security theme in ActionAid.
She is a member of South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE). She used to be a university professor in Gujarat before she quit her job and started working for minority rights. She is a founder of Centre for Peace Studies, which engages in knowledge activism for peace and tolerance.[4]
In 2014, She was awarded Outstanding Women Achiever's Award by the National Commission for Women.[5] She has also featured in BBC's 100 Fearless Women in November 2015.[6]