-33-year-old Deepa Pawar, NT-DNT Women’s rights activist from Mumbai gets recognition for her work in women empowerment and justice
Deepa Pawar, NT-DNT Women’s Rights Activist has been honored with the 5th Martha Farrell Award (2021) for her dedicated efforts in the area. She has won the award in the “Most Promising Individual” category and was also conferred a cash prize of INR 1,50,000.
Martha Farrell awards have been instituted in 2016, to honour the memory of Dr. Martha Farrell, a prominent activist for gender equality and women’s empowerment, who was killed in Kabul (Afghanistan) in a terrorist attack in 2015, while leading a gender training workshop for the Aga Khan Foundation. The Martha Farrell Award for Excellence in Women’s Empowerment takes forward her ideals and principles.
The Mumbai Activist started Anubhuti Charitable Trust in 2016, which is perhaps one of the only Nomadic and Denotified Tribe (NT-DNT) woman-led organisations. Through Anubhuti Trust, Deepa works with NT-DNT, ST, and SC communities and youth on mental justice, gender empowerment, leadership training, sexual and reproductive health rights, and safe higher education and working spaces.
She has spent nearly two decades working with women, communities, NGOs, and state and local governments on issues of gender, health, rights, community development, and sanitation.
Learning the winning announcement, Deepa Pawar, Social Activist, said:
“Platforms such as this give much-needed credibility and representation to grassroots voices. As one of the very few Nomadic & Denotified Tribe young women leading feminist work on the ground, being recognized by this award means a lot. It will amplify our voices at the national level to represent our otherwise invisibilized, stigmatized communities – both our unique problems as well as strengths. This award will help further women’s leadership from such highly deprived backgrounds.”
Anubhuti’s vision is for a just, equitable, and democratic society, where every person is able to attain these rights. To achieve this, their mission is to build young people’s capacities so they can realise their leadership irrespective of their gender, caste, class, ethnicity, language, or other identities, forge networks with each other and lead change for all.
A total of 120 nominations were received this year, which were carefully reviewed for merit by a six-member jury comprising eminent jurists, women’s rights proponents, filmmakers, and social activists.
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