Sehba Hussain

















Sehba Hussain
Born
Lucknow
Occupation Activist

Sehba Hussain is an Indian social activist.[1] She is the co-founder and honorary treasurer of Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Lucknow.[2] and founding Board member and Executive Director of Lucknow-based, BETI (Better Education Through Innovation) Foundation, established in 2000.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Early life and education


  • 2 Career


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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 Masters in Medical & Psychiatric Social Work from University of Delhi.[4]



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.[5] 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.[6]


She was a member of the National Advisory Council during the tenure of 2005-2008.[7][8]


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.[9][10]



References





  1. ^ "Strength through SEWA". Hinduonnet.com. 1999-03-21. Retrieved 2010-07-09..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Power Women". Financialexpress.com. Retrieved 2010-07-09.


  3. ^ "Board Members". BETI Foundation website.


  4. ^ "Brief Bio-Data:Sehba Hussain".


  5. ^ "2006 Best Practices Database". UN-HABITAT. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.


  6. ^ "NGOs Details (NGO Partnership System)". Government of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015.


  7. ^ "NAC reconstituted". The Hindu. 4 June 2005.


  8. ^ "Sonia Gandhi to pick new members of National Advisory Council". DNA. 30 March 2010.


  9. ^ "Government of India Notification on Constitution of National Mission: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE". Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Govt. of India. 3 December 2004.


  10. ^ "NAC I: The knocks, and the nicks". Indianexpress.com. 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2010-07-09.




External links


  • BETI Foundation, website



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