GREAT WOMEN IN THE WORLD

MEDHA PATKAR & AUNG SAN SUU KYI

BY M.SWETHA 10D41A0425

MEDHA PATKAR
an Indian socialist

PERSONAL LIFE
Born in Mumbai, India ,on December 1, 1954. Raised by politically and socially active parents. M.A. in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Science in 1980 After her Master's degree, she worked for seven years with voluntary organizations

Narmadha bachao andholan

It is a movement intialised by medha patkar to save the people lives The Narmada Dam Project Provide safe drinking water to 30 million people Irrigate 4.8 million hectares of land Produce 550 megawatts of power It will also take the land of 320,000 people Sardar sarovar dam The cost of the project was estimated at $200 million, actual cost $450 million Investors are the World Bank until 1993 (when they withdrew), Gov. of Gujarat (state where the Sardar Sarovar dam is located) and S.Kumars (Indias leading textile companies) It will displace 180,000 more than projected and affect 700,000 livelihoods

SAVE THE NARMADHA MOVEMENT

Christmas Day 1990 Long March 3,000 people walked, 100km, which took a week to the dam site, once they got there Medha Patkar and 6 others went on a hunger strike demanding the government suspend work on the dam and hold an independent review. It lasted 22 days until they broke fast this made Narmada an international issue.

Medha patkar is not only socialist but also environmentalist

Lavasa project
Lavasa is a lavish project by hindustan construction coorporation in maharashtra
due to this project it makes environmental damage ,land acquistion,usage of water resources etc. Medha patkar could not resist environmental damage She filed a PIL public intreset litigation and fought against it

MEDHA PATKAR JOINS ANNA HAZARE IN GHAR BACHAO GHAR BHANAO ANDHOLAN FOR SLUM DWELLERS
Mumbai: There were thousands of families living under below poverty line which declared by municipal coorporation Therfore medha patkar intialised the movement ghar bachao ghar banao

She joins with Anna hazare and other great people in the movement to help those slum dwellers

AWARDS AND HONOURS

She was a recipient of Right Livelihood Award (1991) M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award (1999) Deena Nath Mangeshkar Award Mahatma Phule Award Goldman Environment Prize Green Ribbon Award Human Rights Defender's Award

Criticism:
She was criticized for not taking part in the konkan area jaitapur nuclear power plant She declined a request from group of medical representatives to be apart of this agitation The reason behind her refusal is she told that she was busy with lavasa project and narmadha bachao andholan

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

PERSONAL LIFE:
She was born on 19 june 1945 in rangoon,burma Her father aung san ,is a member of army and negoitated burmas independence from british empire ,1947 Her mother khin kyi and she had two brothers She obtained B.A degree in philosophy ,politics,and economics in 1964 She married dr.michael aris, a scholar of tibetan culture

Political beginnings
Burma is dictatorship type of government,it is under control of millitary junta later general ne Win took the power This military regime has been criticized for a number of human rights violations and harsh treatment of the population. She entered politics to work for democratisation , helped found the national league for democracy on september 1988 Suu kyi was very influenced by mahatma gandhis philosophy of non violence and More specifically by buddhist concepts

Political carrer
Aung San Suu Kyi has been placed under house arrest in 1989 for her efforts on democratisation ,on numerous occasions, since she began her political career,during which time she was prevented from meeting her party supporters and international visitors while under house arrest she spent her time reading philosophy, politics and biographies that her husband had sent her. She also passed the time playing the piano

House arrest:

In 1988,millions of people began a peaceful protest march and army attacked on them .hundreds of people were died in this march, Called massacre of burma
In General elections held in 1990,national league for democracy received 59% of the votes,but parliamentary refused to hand over power In 1996 she was attacked in yangoon,and believed the offenders were members of USDA,later complaint wsa given but no action was taken

2007 anti government protests:

Protests led by Buddhist monks began on 19 August 2007 following steep fuel price increases, and continued each day, despite the threat of a crackdown by the military On 22 September 2007, although still under house arresatt, Suu Kyi made a brief public appearance at the gate of her residence in Yangon to accept the blessings of Buddhist monks who were marching in support of human rights

International support
U.S. President Barack Obama personally advocated the release of all political prisoners, especially Aung San Suu Kyi, during the US-ASEAN Summit of 2009. Democratic governments hoped that successful general elections would be an optimistic indicator of the Burmese government's sincerity towards eventual democracy. The Hatoyamagovernment which spent 2.82 billion yen in 2008, has promised more Japanese foreign aid to encourage Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi in time for the elections; and to continue moving towards democracy and the rule of law

Release:
On the evening of 13 November 2010, Suu Kyi was released from house arrest.
On 1 April 2012, the NLD announced that Suu Kyi had won the vote for a seat in Parliament

PERIODS UNDER DENTENTION:

20 July 1989: Placed under house arrest in Rangoon under martial law that allows for detention without charge or trial for three years. 10 July 1995: Released from house arrest. 23 September 2000: Placed under house arrest. 6 May 2002: Released after 19 months. 30 May 2003: Arrested following the Depayin massacre, she was held in secret detention for more than three months before being returned to house arrest. 25 May 2007: House arrest extended by one year despite a direct appeal from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to General Than Shwe 24 October 2007: Reached 12 years under house arrest, solidarity protests held at 12 cities around the world. 27 May 2008: House arrest extended for another year, which is illegal under both international law and Burma's own law. 11 August 2009: House arrest extended for 18 more months because of "violation" arising from the May 2009 trespass incident. 13 November 2010: Released from house arrest.

AWARDS AND HONOURS:

Rafto prize Nobel peace prize Jawaharlal Nehru award International simon bolivan prize Olof pame prize Bagwan mahavir world prize Congressional gold medal

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