Padma Bhushan awardee Mohini Giri passes away
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Former chair of the National Commission for Women and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr. V Mohini Giri passed away after a period of brief illness. The iconic women’s rights activist founded the Guild of Service in 1979, which was dedicated to empowering women, underprivileged children and war widows.
Dr. Giri was awarded the Padma Bhushan for her work in 2007 by then President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
She started the War Widows Association in 1972, after the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
An institution builder, her life was dedicated to women's rights, human rights and particularly the rights of widows.
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