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Seema Sakhare (bornc. 1933) is an Indian feminist who campaigns to stop violence against women.
Seema Sakhare (bornc. 1933) is from Nagpur in the Indian state ofMaharashtra.[1] After a youngAdivasi woman fromDesaiganj wasraped in 1972 and the ensuing court case became a national issue, Sakhare visited her and later founded an organization which campaigned to stop violence against women.[1] She became well-known in India for supporting women and offering legal support.[2] In 2016, she toldThe Times of India that she had helped around 200 survivors of rape.[3] WhenNationalist Congress Party leader Asha Mirje made remarks suggesting that women were partly to blame for being raped, Sakhare condemned the comments and called for her resignation.[4]
In recognition of her work, she was awarded the 2013 Stree Shakti Puraskar (now re-namedNari Shakti Puraskar).[5]
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