Sehba Hussain
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Sehba Hussain is an Indian social activist.{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9903/99030220.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218163559/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9903/99030220.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=18 December 2001 |title=Strength through SEWA |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=1999-03-21 |accessdate=2010-07-09}} She is the co-founder and honorary treasurer of Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Lucknow.{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/power-women/255634/0 |title=Power Women |work=The Financial Express |publisher=Financialexpress.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-09}} and founding board member and executive director of Lucknow-based, BETI (Better Education Through Innovation) Foundation, established in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.betifoundation.org/about/board_members.html|title=Board Members|publisher=BETI Foundation website}}
Early life and education
Sehba Hussain was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
She did her post graduate studies from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, as a Fulbright Scholar, and also did her master's degree in medical and psychiatric social work from University of Delhi.{{cite web|url=http://www.vaniindia.org/org_pics/profile/SehbaHussain.html|title=Brief Bio-Data:Sehba Hussain|access-date=12 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601001016/http://www.vaniindia.org/org_pics/profile/SehbaHussain.html|archive-date=1 June 2011|url-status=dead}}
Career
Sehba Hussain has worked with UNICEF for nearly 17 years, both as an international and national professional, notable among which were her responsibilities as Country Representative Bhutan, chief of Health Section, UNICEF India, and Chief Upper India Office responsible for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and state representative, U.P.
She co-founded SEWA, Lucknow, along with Runa Banerjee in 1984, which has been involved in organising women engaged in chikankari industry. It was given the 2006 Best Practices Award by UN-HABITAT.{{cite web|url=http://www.unhabitat.org/bestpractices/2006/mainview.asp?BPID=341|title=2006 Best Practices Database|publisher=UN-HABITAT|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611164345/http://www.unhabitat.org/bestpractices/2006/mainview.asp?BPID=341|archivedate=11 June 2011|df=dmy-all}} In 2000, she became a founding member of BETI Foundation, established in Lucknow and working in the areas of Bahraich, Balrampur, Barabanki, Gonda, Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Shravasti, Sitapur.{{cite web|url=http://ngo.india.gov.in/view_ngo_details_ngo.php|title=NGOs Details (NGO Partnership System)|publisher=Government of India|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083110/http://ngo.india.gov.in/view_ngo_details_ngo.php|archivedate=8 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}
She was a member of the National Advisory Council during the tenure of 2005-2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/04/stories/2005060404461200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060301014639/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/04/stories/2005060404461200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2006|work=The Hindu|title=NAC reconstituted|date=4 June 2005}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_sonia-gandhi-to-pick-new-members-of-national-advisory-council_1365384|title=Sonia Gandhi to pick new members of National Advisory Council|date=30 March 2010|work=DNA}}
She is also a member of the executive committee of the National Mission for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, for universalization of elementary education in India.{{cite web|url=http://ssa.nic.in/national-mission/government-of-india-notification/notification-f-2-4-2000-ee-3-dated-december-3-2004/?searchterm=Sehba%20Hussain|title=Government of India Notification on Constitution of National Mission: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE|date=3 December 2004|publisher=Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Govt. of India}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nacitheknocks-andthenicks/597855/0 |title=NAC I: The knocks, and the nicks |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2010-03-31 |accessdate=2010-07-09}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.betifoundation.org/index.html BETI Foundation, website]
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Category:Indian women activists
Category:Businesspeople from Lucknow
Category:Delhi University alumni
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:Members of National Advisory Council, India
Category:Activists from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Women educators from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Educators from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Social workers from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Scholars from Lucknow