Pragna Patel is the Director of Southall Black Sisters a women's rights organisation in London, UK. She was a founding member, chair and Director.[1][2]
Patel is also a co-founder of Women Against Fundamentalism.[3]
She trained as a lawyer and writes about race, gender and religion.[4]
She has an honorary Doctorate from Keele University for her outstanding contribution to women's rights[5] and a Bob Hepple Equality award [6] alongside Mauro Cabral of GATE. The award is named for Bob Hepple, the former lawyer of Nelson Mandela.
She has said 'It is only through activism that that we can truly honour those who came before us to fight for the rights and freedoms that we currently enjoy and it is only through activism that can we encourage others to feel empowered and to form part of wider social movements that carry the promise of change.' [7]
In 2011 she was named as one of the Top 100 Women Activists and Campaigners.[8]
^Committee, Management (17 November 2021). "Activism is the rent we pay to live on this planet – Our tribute to Pragna Patel". Southall Black Sisters. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^"Pragna Patel". JUSTICE. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^"British Library". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^UCL (2 February 2021). "Transcript: In conversation with Pragna Patel". Sarah Parker Remond Centre. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^"Law School nominee Pragna Patel receives Honorary Doctor of Letters". Keele University. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^"Bob Hepple Equality Award". Equal Rights Trust. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^"British Library". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^"Pragna Patel | Top 100 women". the Guardian. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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