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Runa Banerjee Runa Banerjee is an Indian social worker and the co-founder of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), Lucknow, a non governmental organization promoting the interests of the poor working women of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where she serves as the General Secretary and the Chief executive officer. She was one among the PeaceWomen Across the Globe who were collectively nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, which was eventually won by Mohamed ElBaradei. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for her contributions to Indian society.
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Self Employed Women's Association Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), meaning "service" in several Indian languages, is a trade union based in Ahmedabad, India that promotes the rights of low-income, independently-employed female workers. With over 2 million participating women, SEWA is the largest organization of informal workers in the world and largest non-profit in India (Chen et. al. 2015). Self-employed women are defined as those who do not receive a salary like that of formally-employed workers and therefore have a more precarious income and life. SEWA is framed around the goal of full employment in which a women secures for her family: income, food, health care, child care, and shelter. The principles behind accomplishing these goals are struggle and development, meaning negotiating with stakeholders and providing services, respectively.
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Willa Mae Sudduth Willa Mae Sudduth was one of the founders of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. She was involved in many social justice causes, issues, and concerns most of her adult life. She was an African-American woman and the mother of six children.
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Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh or BGMS (National Association of Rural Women India), founded in 1955, is a non-political and non-sectarian national organization with branches all over India, in 14 states and union territories. It is affiliated with the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW), the world's largest organization for rural women, which in turn is a consultative body for UNO, UNESCO, WHO, and ILO.
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Amita Chapra Amita Chapra (Born 13 October 1962) is a Senior leader of Bhartiya Janta Party in Madhya Pradesh belonging to Shahdol District and a Former State Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is Currently serving as a Member of the BJP State Working Committee, She has also been the Chairperson of the State Women's Commission, Government of Madhya Pradesh, with the status of a Cabinet Minister. Earlier She has also been associated with the Extreme Right-Wing Students Organisation, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. She is also a Founder Member of An NGO focussing on Disabled Children Rehabilitation i.e. Viklang Seva Bharti, being instituted at Jabalpur.
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British co-operative movement The United Kingdom is home to a widespread and diverse co-operative movement, with over 7,000 registered co-operatives which are owned by 17 million individual members and which contribute £34bn a year to the British economy. Modern co-operation started with the Rochdale Pioneers' shop in the northern English town of Rochdale in 1844, though the history of co-operation in the UK can be traced back to before 1800. The British co-operative movement is most commonly associated with The Co-operative brand (best known for its supermarket and Funeralcare brands) which has been adopted by several large consumers' co-operative societies; however, there are many thousands of registered co-operative businesses operating in the UK. Alongside these consumers' co-operatives, there exist many prominent agricultural co-operatives (621), co-operative housing providers (619), health and social care cooperatives (111), cooperative schools (834), retail co-operatives, co-operatively run community energy projects, football supporters' trusts, credit unions and worker-owned businesses.
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Terai Sangrami Cha Sramik Union The Terai Sangrami Cha Sramik Union (তরাই সংগ্রামী চা শ্রমিক ইউনিয়ন - Terai Struggling Tea Workers Union) is a progressive and revolutionary trade union of tea plantation workers in northern West Bengal, India. The union is affiliated to the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU). Politically, the union is aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.
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All Pakistan Federation of Labour The All Pakistan Federation of Labour (APFOL) is a national trade union centre in Pakistan. It was founded in 1951 by Rahmatullah Khan Durrani.
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Fagligt Fælles Forbund The Fagligt Fælles Forbund, usually referred to as 3F, is a trade union centre in Denmark. It was formed in 2004 from the merger of the Kvindeligt Arbejderforbund i Danmark, KAD (National Union of Women Workers) and the Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark, SID (Danish General Workers' Union). KAD was founded in 1885 and was an all-women union.
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Water Transport Workers Federation of India Water Transport Workers Federation of India (WTFFI) , founded in the late 1970s is a trade union representing workers at India's government-owned ports. It is affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, which is the labour wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It was founded as a result of split in the Communist Party of India.
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Nani Bhattacharya Nani Bhattacharya was one of the founder-members of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, trade union activist, minister in West Bengal, and Member of Parliament.
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International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; French: "Confédération syndicale internationale (CSI)" ; German: "Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB)" ; Spanish: "Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI)" ) is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on 1 November 2006, out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). The Founding Congress of the ITUC was held in Vienna and was preceded by the dissolution congresses of both the ICFTU and the WCL.
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Prema Narendra Purao Prema Purao is an Indian social worker, freedom fighter and the founder of "Annapurna Mahila Mandal", a non governmental organization working for the empowerment of destitute women and children. She was involved in the Goa liberation movement and founded "Annapurna Mahila Mandal" in 1975. A recipient of the AIWEFA Stree Ratna Award, Purao was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri
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Tanzania Federation of Co-operatives Tanzania Federation of Co-operatives, earlier known as the Co-operative Union of Tanganyika, is a national organization of co-operative societies in Tanzania. The organization was registered in 1994 with members from Tanzania's Tobacco, Cotton, Coffee, Cashew, Cereal and other produce industries.
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Workers Party of India Workers Party of India is a political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. WPI has its origin in the Democratic Vanguard in India. DV was formed in 1943 when a group led by Jiban Lal Chattopadhyay broke away from the Radical Democratic Party of Manabendra Nath Roy. DV were dissatisfied with the development of RDP into a non-Marxist outfit. Jiban Lal Chattopadhyay had been elected secretary of the Bengal Congress in 1930.
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National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), also known as the "Suffragists" (not to be confused with the suffragettes) was an organisation of women's suffrage societies in the United Kingdom.
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Association of Theologically Trained Women of India Association of Theologically Trained Women of India
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Nangal Bakra Mazdoor Sangh Nangal Bakra Mazdoor Sangh is a trade union in Punjab, India, affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress, organizing workers of the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
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Bank Employees Federation of India Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) is a bank trade union consisting of employees of commercial banks, Reserve Bank of India, NABARD, regional rural banks and co-operative banks. The federation espouses the causes concerning service conditions of bank employees, development of the banking industry, defense of public sector banking in India and exemplary service to customers including the marginal and neglected. It fights for the betterment of the working class as a whole, and for economic and political independence of India in an age of globalization.
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Rashtra Sevika Samiti The Rashtra Sevika Samiti ("National Women Volunteers Committee") is a Hindu nationalist women's organisation that parallels the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for men. Even though it is often referred to as the "women's wing" of the RSS, the organisation claims that it is independent of the RSS while sharing its ideology. Membership and leadership is restricted to women and its activities are directed to nationalist devotion and mobilisation of Hindu women.
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Railway Workers' Union (Workshops) Railway Worker’s Union (Workshops) is the oldest & largest industry-wide trade union of Pakistan. It represents all workers which are employed in railway workshops all over in Pakistan. It is the affiliate of International Transport Workers’ Federation London, which is the International Federation, representing more than 148 countries in different categories of transport. It is also an affiliate of All Pakistan Trade Union Federation.
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Surendranath Banerjee Sir Surendranath Banerjee    (Bengali: সুরেন্দ্রনাথ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় ) (10 November 18486 August 1925) was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association, through which he led two sessions of the Indian National Conference in 1883 and 1885, along with Anandamohan Bose. Banerjee later became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Surendranath also founded Indian National Liberation Federation. He was also known by the sobriquet Rashtraguru. He was editor of "The Bengali" newspaper.