Bishakha Datta
Bishakha Datta | |
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 Bishakha Datta at Wikimedia Conference 2013 | |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Filmmaker |
Bishakha Datta is an Indian film maker, activist and a former journalist.[1] She is the co-founder and executive director of Point of View, based in Mumbai, a non-profit working in the area of gender, sexuality and women's rights.[2] She also serves on the board of nonprofit organizations including Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action and the Wikimedia Foundation (2010-2014),[3] where she was the first Indian to serve on the board of trustees.[4][1]
Life and works
In 1998, Datta edited And Who Will Make the Chapatis?, an overview of the all-women political panchayats formed in Maharashtra, India.[5] In 2003, her documentary In the Flesh: three lives in prostitution was released.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b Kurup, Deepa (April 14, 2010). "And now, Wikipedia India's new face". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ^ "Board". Point of View. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ^ "Press releases: Bishakha Datta to join Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees". Wikimedia Foundation. April 5, 2010. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ^ "Q&A with Bishakha Datta: First Indian on Wikimedia board of trustees". Mint. April 6, 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "Book Review: And Who Will Make the Chapatis?". SAWNET. 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "The Hindu : Sex, truth, and videotape". The Hindu. 2002-08-29. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ Sharma, Kanika (15 Nov 2013). "Flesh Talkies". MiD DAY. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
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