Prema Gopalan
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Prema Gopalan is an India
n social activist. She has founded and been Executive Director of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) for over 15 years, supported poor rural women in building bridges with local government to facilitate democratic processes that are inclusive of women. She is also well known for the disaster relief work after her rehabilitation work in Maharashtra.
, India. She has a Master’s degree in social work, and a pre-doctoral study on women in the informal sector.
She started Swayam Shikshan Prayog in 1994. Her work aims to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized, democratic, basic-service management.
The Swayam Shikshan Prayog functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until we took on the challenge to redesign and implement a widespread community participation strategy with the Govt. of Maharashtra across 1200 villages in earthquake hit districts of Latur
and Osmanabad
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n social activist. She has founded and been Executive Director of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) for over 15 years, supported poor rural women in building bridges with local government to facilitate democratic processes that are inclusive of women. She is also well known for the disaster relief work after her rehabilitation work in Maharashtra.
Early life
Prema Gopalan was born in PunePune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, India. She has a Master’s degree in social work, and a pre-doctoral study on women in the informal sector.
Career
Prema Gopalan founded SPARC (Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers) in 1984.She started Swayam Shikshan Prayog in 1994. Her work aims to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized, democratic, basic-service management.
The Swayam Shikshan Prayog functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until we took on the challenge to redesign and implement a widespread community participation strategy with the Govt. of Maharashtra across 1200 villages in earthquake hit districts of Latur
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and Osmanabad
Osmanabad
Osmanabad is a city and a municipal council in Osmanabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Geography:The city of Osmanabad is located at . It has an average elevation of 647 metres ....
.