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* [[Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabigang.in/awards.html| title=Sampat Pal: Awards|publisher=}}</ref> |
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* {{cite book|author=Anne Berthod|title=Sampat Pal, Warrior in a Pink Sari: The Inside Story of the Gulabi Gang as Told to Anne Berthod|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VfWnlAEACAAJ|year=2012|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=978-81-89884-71-0}} |
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Revision as of 14:30, 27 June 2014
Sampat Pal Devi (born 1958 or 1960[1]) is an Indian social activist from Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, North India[2]. She is founder of Gulab Gang, an Uttar Pradesh based social organisation, works for women welfare and empowerment. She was participant of Colors TV's reality show Bigg Boss 6[3][4].
Work
In 2006 Sampat Pal started a society called the Gulabi Gang with a group of women from her village to fight various forms of social injustice. This developed into an organized women’s movement with tens of thousands of members spread over several districts in Uttar Pradesh[5] . The women members wear Gulabi (pink) saris and arm themselves with bamboo sticks, which they use whenever they come up against violent resistance.
Awards
Bibliography
- Kira Cochrane (2012). "Banda Sisters". Women of the Revolution: Forty Years of Feminism. Guardian Books. ISBN 978-0-85265-262-6.
- Anne Berthod (2012). Sampat Pal, Warrior in a Pink Sari: The Inside Story of the Gulabi Gang as Told to Anne Berthod. Zubaan. ISBN 978-81-89884-71-0.
References
- ^ "Sampat Pal's Bio".
- ^ Krishna, Geetanjali (5 June 2010). "The power of pink". Business Standard. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "Sampat Pal: All you need to know about the Gulabi Gang leader". Hindustan Times.
- ^ Fontanella-Khan, Amana (July 19, 2010). "Wear a Pink Sari and Carry a Big Stick: The women's gangs of India". Slate magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Prasad, Raekha (15 February 2008). "Banda sisters". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ "Sampat Pal: Awards".