Albertina Almeida
Albertina Almeida (born 1966) is a
Career
Almeida's parents both worked for the government. She holds a doctorate in Law and has authored a thesis on the matrimonial property rights of women.[2] She co-founded Bailancho Saad (transl. Voice of Women), a women's collective organisation, and later Saad Aangan., a gender resource group.[3] She has also co-initiated several other citizens' formations such as Citizens' Initiatives for Communal Harmony and SEZ Watch. She is also Visiting Senior Fellow at Impact and Policy Research Institute https://www.impriindia.com/albertina-almeida/ . She is a member of the Al-Zulaij Collective and of the Social Justice Action Committee-Goa. She has been a speaker at successive editions of the Goa Arts and Literature Festival.[4] She was also part of a panel at Difficult Dialogues 2018, speaking on the topic Empowerment within the Family: Women and the Law,[5] and is a member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, which has a consultative status with UN ESCAP and is part of many networks including the Intercontinental Alliance for Women, Law and Development. She is the author of the book Tug and Tear: Dealing With Child Sexual Abuse.[6]
She has taught as a part time lecturer at Salgaonkar College of Law, and as a visiting faculty at MA (Women's Studies)
Work with Bailancho Saad
Almeida co-founded Bailancho Saad in 1986. The organisation was responsible for putting gender on the agenda in Goa, and for getting the Dowry Prohibition Act extended to Goa and for unearthing a racket of selling abandoned infants in Goa.[10][11]
References
- ^ "People with HIV speak out against discrimination - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Albertina Almeida: The 'Rights' Woman For The Job". goastreets. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ISBN 9788184249101.
- ^ "Speakers 2018 - Goa Arts and Literature Festival". www.goaartlitfest.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Empowerment within the Family : Women and the Law". Difficult Dialogues. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ nilankur (9 January 2019). "In Conversation: Deepa Narayan with Albertina Almeida". thus. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "GoaUniversity: Board of Studies". www.unigoa.ac.in. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Articles by Albertina Almeida". DNA. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ Remedios, Nicole (6 March 2019). "HUMAN TOUCH FOUNDATION URGES ACTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AND PRACTICES". oHeraldo. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Thomas, Elizabeth (12 October 2011). "The womenas call for awakening is 25 years old". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Prabhudesai, Sandesh. "The Rediff On The NeT Special: Babies for a price". Rediff. Retrieved 23 April 2019.