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Gandhian Ela Bhatt dies
Noted women's rights and micro-finance activist, lawyer and Padma Bhushan recipient Ela Bhatt
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Noted women's rights and micro-finance activist, lawyer and Padma Bhushan recipient Ela Bhatt passed away today at the age of 89.
Ahmedabad: Noted women's rights and micro-finance activist, lawyer and Padma Bhushan recipient Ela Bhatt passed away today at the age of 89.
She was also the chairperson of the Sabarmati Ashram Trust. Ela Bhatt was a well-known Gandhian and advocated the economic empowerment of women.
She founded and headed the Self-employed Women's Association in India (SEWA). In her pursuit of women's economic welfare, she founded India's first women's bank, the Cooperative Bank of SEWA in 1973. She also co-founded Women's World Banking in 1979.
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