Farhat Amin

Farhat Amin
Born (1967-02-26) 26 February 1967 (age 57)
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Alma materRavenshaw University
Occupation(s)Journalist, social activist
Spouse
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(m. 1998; died 2000)​
Children1
Parents
RelativesSayeed Mohammed (paternal grandfather)
Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar (paternal grandmother)
Amin Suhrawardy (paternal great grandfather)
Hussain Rabi Gandhi (brother-in-law)
Ibrahim Suhrawardy (maternal grandfather)
FamilySuhrawardy family

Farhat Amin (born 26 February 1967) is an Indian journalist, cartoonist and social activist.[1][2] She's Odisha's state convenor of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a national rights based organisation which fights for the rights of Muslim women.[3] Farhat is the founder and chief functionary of BIRD Trust, a non-governmental organisation which works for the upliftment of marginalized women in Odisha.[2] She is the pioneer of Muslim women movement in Odisha.[4][5] In 2005 she was enlisted in the directory of Development journalists published by the prestigious Press Institute of India.[6]

  1. ^ "Breaking through the barrier". asu.thehoot.org/. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "True Grit". oxfamindia.org. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan". Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Oxfam In Action: Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Among Muslim Community in Odisha | Violence | Domestic Violence". Scribd. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. ^ bmmaindia (13 June 2013). "PRESS COVERAGE OF THE DHARNA BY BMMA AGAINST ORAL DIVORCE". Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan". Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2020.