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Usha Rao-Monari (born 1959), economist and non-fiction writer; Santha Rama Rau (1923–2009), Indian-American novelist, playwright; Rashid-un-Nisa (1855 – 1929), the first Indian women Urdu novelist, known for her first Novel Islah un Nisa. Nuchhungi Renthlei (1914–2002), poet, singer, school teacher, women's rights activist
The third major challenge to caste studies was the advocacy of Dalit human rights in Durban conference. Although Women’s Studies in India have fought for establishing gender as category of analysis, the classical frameworks of understanding caste left marks in Women’s Studies. Few Women’s Studies scholars seriously engaged with Dalit ...
In 1990, she wrote a report for the FAO on Women and Agriculture titled "Most Farmers in India are Women". She founded the gender unit at the International Centre for Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu and was a founding board member of the Women's Environment & Development Organisation (WEDO).
In 1916, she became the first non-Indian member of the Indian Women's University at Poona. [6] In 1917 Cousins co-founded the Women's Indian Association with Annie Besant and Dorothy Jinarajadasa. She edited the WIA's journal, Stri Dharma. [4] In 1919–20 Cousins was the first Head of the National Girls' School at Mangalore.
The magazine had greater political content as compared to Al-Nisa and documented significant events such as meetings of the All India Women's Conference and the Women's Muslim League. [ 6 ] Mirza authored five travelogues, three of which documented her travels within India during 1914 and 1918, and two documented her journeys abroad to Iraq in ...
Urvashi Butalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She is known for her work in the women's movement of India, as well as for authoring books such as The Other Side of Silence: Voices from and the Partition of India and Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir.
In total, Tharu has published six books on these topics. Her most well known work which she edited with K. Lalitha is the two-part anthology titled Women Writing In India, 600 B.C. [10] Her works are most well known for their critical viewpoint on the Indian women's movement and cultural theory. [11]
Devaki Jain (born 1933) is an Indian economist and writer, who has worked mainly in the field of feminist economics.In 2006 she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award from Government of India, for her contribution to social justice and the empowerment of women.