Awards
In order to recognise efforts made by individual, organisation and institution for rendering distinguished services for the cause of women and development of nation it has been decided by Women’s Manifesto to confer Women’s Manifesto Award to eminent women, organisation and institution since 2016. Objective of the award is to appreciate efforts for the empowerment of women and recognise the contribution made by women for the development of nation.
Women who made contribution for improvement of socio-economic, education, health, legal, condition of women and those women who made exemplary contribution in literature, art, academic, research and development , dissemination of knowledge, media, public administration, sports, science, technology entrepreneurship etc are eligible for the nomination.
For inviting applications for the award advertisement is published in the website and other social media. Selection of awardees is made by a selection committee of three experts in the social work field. Award included a Certificate, Memento and cash amount of Rs.10,000/-
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023 is conferred to Adv. Teena Cherian.
Adv. Teena Cherian is a dedicated social worker and founder President of Jenika Charity Foundation. With an LLM degree specializing in International Law, she has practiced law for 26 years, focusing on the welfare of women, children, and the mentally ill and disabled. Teena has served in various government projects and as an Internal Committee Member under the POSH Act. She established Jenika Charity Foundation to support and empower traumatized individuals, particularly victims of abuse. Through awareness programs, educational support, vocational training, and advocacy, Teena and her team have made significant strides in aiding survivors of domestic violence and child sexual abuse. Teena’s tireless efforts exemplify her commitment to social service and the well-being of marginalized communities.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023 is conferred to Uzma Naheed.
Uzma Naheed is a dedicated social worker especially working for empowerment of women. She has been leading a registered NGO called IIWA (Iqra Integral Women’s Alliance) for 35 years. She focuses on leveraging women’s skills in arts and crafts at national level. Through this effort they are modifying and simplifying traditional arts, making them accessible to common Indians who were previously hindered by the high prices of emporiums. Uzma shares that this initiative has empowered 30,000 women across various cities, enabling them to manufacture and trade an impressive array of 150 different items.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023 is conferred to Dr. Eram Khan.
Dr. Eram Khan is a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist. With an MBBS and MS in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, along with an advanced diploma in infertility from UKSH KEIL, Germany, and a critical care course from VMMC Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, she is equipped with extensive medical expertise. Driven by a passion to aid women in need, she undertakes complex medical cases often rejected or unattainable in other medical settings. Her exceptional surgical skills have gained widespread recognition. She was awarded by health minister of Delhi for exceptional surgeries during Covid. Her commitment to serving the community is evident through her dedication in providing medical assistance to needy women at community level. Her profile reflects her unwavering commitment to women’s health and her relentless pursuit of excellence in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023
Women’s Manifesto Award 2023 is conferred to Ms. Jasmin Ambalathilakath.
Ms. Jasmin Ambalathilakath, is a versatile educator and acclaimed author renowned for her literary contributions. Jasmin’s literary prowess shines through her prolific writing career, spanning poems and stories featured in various magazines and web editions, making her a beloved figure among readers. Jasmin’s literary achievements include the authorship of seven books, showcasing her talent as both an editor and writer. Notable endorsements and awards, including the prestigious Pravasi Bharathi Prathibha Puraskaram in 2024 and recognition from the Universal Record Forum and Sharjah Youth Literature Awards, underscore her exceptional contributions to literature and education.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2022
Women’s Manifesto Award 2022 is conferred to Ms.Geetha Saleesh .
Hailing from Thrissur District of Kerala, Geetha Saleesh was committed in her fight against adulteration of food which always kept common man’s health at stake, particularly of children. This was precisely why even when she had to fight the battle of gradual vision loss due to rare genetic disorder at the age of 15, she ended up in designing a super healthy, unadulterated vegan food full of purity and richness of turmeric, almond milk, coconut milk and jiggery. Turmeric was her core element, and she believed from the grocery store brought turmeric, we aren’t able to reap the super healthy component called curcumin which lead to by her own land, hire farmers and cultivate a variety of high curcumin content turmeric called Pratibha. Out of these she designed her innovate ‘Curcumeal’ a super food supplement mix which yielded several health benefits. Visually impaired Geetha started her venture ‘Home to Home’ in 2020. Geetha’s Home to Home has also added a second product named First Drink which is targeted for diabetic persons. Mother of two children Geetha was an ordinary woman. But what made her extraordinary is how she overpowered every obstacle in life. She has now more than 10,000 regular customers in India and abroad who have used and reaped the benefits of her product. Her inspiring story was featured in several state and national level news sources, and she also won many a wards like Samata Award of Samata Charitable Trust and Kairali TV Phoenix Award 2022.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2022
Women’s Manifesto Award 2022 is conferred to Ms. E.Swaliha.
E.Swaliha:-15 years old E.Swaliha is a student of 10th standard. She is known for her efforts for nature conservation, environmental protection and extreme adventure work for it. There is a chapter on her, in E V S text book in the 5th standard of School Syllabus approved by Vidya Council. She learned swimming at the age of 5 from Janmaitri Police, now undergoing expert training from Sports Department of KannurUniversity, Kerala. She won many prizes in roller skating championship and swimming championship. She got training in kayaking at an early age. She said her adventure sports of kayaking, swimming, and roller skating used to make aware people on nature conservation and promotion. She distributed saplings in 17 km public places from Payyannur to Pazhyangadi wearing clothes emblazoned with environmental protection slogans. That roller skating journey ended in the Vanamudram program led by honorable MLA at Payangadi. In February 2020, she swam 10 km from Punna Kadav Bridge in Payyannur to MuttamPalakkod Bridge in Palakkod with the message of not littering in water bodies and public places. Along with these she is very concerned about the removal of garbage from the rivers. In January 2022, she did a kayak trip of 12 kms on this objective. She is the winner of Ujjwala Balyam Award (2020-21) of the Department of Women and Child Welfare under the Kerala State Government along with several other awards.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2022
Women’s Manifesto Award 2022 is conferred to Ms. Roshni Perween .
Roshni Perween:-Being a victim of child marriage at the age of 13 years in 2014 and faced marital rape with a child in her lap in 2015 with consent of her parents as well who help her in-laws to make false birth certificate and other age proofs after a traumatic two years in same condition, she decided to change her destiny and the destiny of her child. Hence, in 2016 Roshni joined a local school in neighborhood but the mentality of her in-laws thrown a generic blame of characterlessness. She has left her in-laws home and return to her parents’ home and continued to teach in school near to her native locality and opened an institute ‘Roshni Education Center’ with 40% reservation of free education/counseling for girls faced same challenges. But as the general norms of patriarchal society, one of the core members of school tried to take benefits of her condition hence she left school and joint Childline India Foundation (1098) in 2018 as Team member for Kishanganj District in Bihar. Here she got an opportunity to acquaint with laws for safeguarding of children from Child Marriage and Child Labour and the process to deal with the cases lost and found children, counseling of physical abuse, Children in Conflict with Law and Children in Need of Care and Protection. This job gave her way towards a strong career hence in 2021 she had joined Save The Children (India) as a Block Coordinator posted at one of the most back ward districts of Bihar-Khagaria where she got wide area of work and opportunity to work with different level of local administration and different departments. She also learnt more about Child protection thematic area like the Laws including JJ Act 2006 (Amended2016), Childand Adolescent labour (Prohibition and regulation) Act 2016, Dowry Act etc. Now she is working for the upliftment of children especially girls in need. Several such girls are in contact with her, and Roshni is giving guidance and support to them coordinating with different departments, CSOs and NGOs.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2021
Women’s Manifesto Award 2021 is conferred to Ms.Shani S Hameed .
Shani S Hameed is Physiotherapist and Early Childhood Rehabilitation Specialist. She is the Founder, Director and Rehabilitation Child Specialist of Alfa Paediatric Rehabilitation Centre. ALFA is one of the leading Paediatric Rehabilitation centre and child development in Kerala established in 2012 to address the developmental and clinical needs of children with special needs. The special children include children stricken with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Mental retardation, Down syndrome and multiple disabilities like Muscular Dystrophy, Spina-Bifida or other physical and other orthopaedic problems. Now Shani is serving around 200+ children who are coming from different parts of Kerala. Among them around 100+ kids are from very poor financial background. Qualification: Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) form AWH Special College, Calicut University in 2002. Masters in MHSC Clinical Child Development from CDC, Medical College Thiruvananthapuram -Kerala University 2015 MA Clinical Psychology-IGNOU, 2021
Women’s Manifesto Award 2021
Women’s Manifesto Award 2021 is conferred to Ms. Manas Yendluri .
Ms. Manas Yendluri is a Telugu Dalit Feminist short story writer, has won Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for 2020 for her collection of short stories ‘Milinda’. It has been translated into Hindi. Most of her short stories talk about women from different backgrounds. She focuses more on the plight of educated Dalit Chrisitan women in the urban set up. Bold and honest her stories talk of being a minority in India, whether by virtue of gender, sexuality or religion. Her works has been translated into English and been receiving appreciation across the nation. She also translated famous Marathi writer Sharan Kumar Limbale novel into Telugu.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2020
Women’s Manifesto Award 2020 is conferred to Ms. Rehna Shajahan.
The World Record of “Maximum Online Certificates Achieved in a Day” is achieved by Rehna Shajahan on 24th November 2020 from Kottayam (Kerala) India. She smashed the previous record of 75 online certificates by achieving 81 certificates in a day and made a new world record for International Book of Records.
She an MBA holder from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and a multiple degree holder specialized in the area of Commerce, Management, Social Work and Psychology.
She is an active social worker and emerging young women leader. She is working as a quality analyst in Amazon.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2019
Ms. Majiziya Bhanu, an internationally acclaimed powerlifter.
Women’s Manifesto Award 2016
The Women’s Manifesto Award 2016 is conferred to Dr. Mitu Khurana for her audacious and constructive fight for the proper implementation of laws meant to protect and safeguard women. This gutsy mother of twin daughters was the first woman in India to file a case under the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act – the great legal tool which is supposed to protect the lives of our unborn daughters. (Her lengthy battle came to end in just five minutes when the Supreme Court dismissed it on a technicality. Dr Khurana’s case is a well documented one and has been covered quite extensively by the Indian and foreign press. )She is a doctor, married into a family of doctors, and more importantly – a strong and determined woman who never gave up. She had said that in 2005 when she was under heavy sedation, her in-laws had got an illegal sex determination test done in a high-end clinic in Jaipur. She had proof that this was an unregistered clinic and that the crucial Form F which records the woman’s consent to have an ultrasound had gone missing… all punishable offences under the PCPNDT Act.and yet she lost. Hence she started her own blog where she started collecting all judgements. After her issue was highlighted by the media, more women have come forward and filed cases under the PCPNDT Act. She always wanted her daughters to grow up in a society where there is gender equality. Due to gallant and valiant efforts she has achieved the Heroes Awrd for outstanding individual effort serving the community and building nation for a better tomorrow, citizen journalism Award, 2010;Karamveer Purasar in 2015; her name is also mentioned in the Limca Book of Records, 2010 for being the first women complinant under P.N.D.T.