Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt
Ela Bhatt, Oktober 2013
Lahir	7 September 1933 Ahmedabad, Kepresidenan Bombay, India Britania
Kebangsaan	India
Pendidikan	B.A., LL.B.; Diploma of Labor and Cooperatives;
Almamater	Sarvajanik Girls High School, Surat; M.T.B. College, Surat; Afro-Asian Institute of Labor and Cooperatives, Tel Aviv
Pekerjaan	Pengacara, filantropis
Organisasi	SEWA, The Elders
Dikenal atas	mendirikan SEWA
Suami/istri	Ramesh Bhatt
Penghargaan	Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Right Livelihood Award, Niwano Peace Prize, Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
Situs web	sewa.org
Penghargaan (2012) Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want (en) (2012) honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles (en) (2011) Penghargaan Indira Gandhi (2011) Radcliffe Medal (en) (2010) Niwano Peace Prize (en) (2006) Officer of the Legion of Honour (en) (2001) honorary doctor of Harvard University (en) (1986) Padma Bhushan (1985) Padma Shri in social work (en) (1984) Right Livelihood Award (1977) Ramon Magsaysay Award

Ela Ramesh Bhatt (lahir 7 September 1933 - 2 November 2022) adalah seorang pengorganisir kooperatif, aktivis dan Gandhian asal India, yang mendirikan Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) pada 1972, dan menjabat sebagai sekjennya dari 1972 sampai 1996. Ia merupakan kanselir Gujarat Vidyapith. Sebagai pengacara terlatih, Bhatt adalah bagian dari gerakan-gerakan buruh internasional, kooperatif, wanita dan keluarga mikro dan telah memenangkan berbagai penghargaan nasional dan internasional, yang meliputi Ramon Magsaysay Award (1977), Right Livelihood Award (1984) dan Padma Bhushan (1986).

Bacaan tambahan

• India’s 50 Most Illustrious Women (ISBN 81-88086-19-3) by Indra Gupta

Pranala luar

• SEWA.org, Official website
• Ela Bhatt – Truthseeker, an interview with Culture Unplugged
• An Empire for Poor Working Women, Guided by a Gandhian Approach NY Times Profile
• Biography, National Resource Centre for Women, Government of India Diarsipkan 2007-09-28 di Wayback Machine.
• Biography of Ela Bhatt on the official site of the Magsaysay award
• Ela Bhatt's biography on The Elders' website Diarsipkan 2010-03-10 di Wayback Machine.