Question

______is the founder of the Gulabi Gang an Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh based social organization that works for women welfare and empowerment. 
1. Sangeeta Pal Devi
2. Sampat Pal Devi
3. Sheila Pal Devi
4. Mishi Choudhary

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Sampat Pal Devi

The correct answer is Sampat Pal Devi.

• The Gulabi Gang is an exceptional women’s movement began in 2006 by Sampat Pal Devi in the Banda District of Uttar Pradesh India.

•  The women’s group is well known as Gulabi or ‘Pink’ Gang because the members wear bright pink saris and hold bamboo sticks.
•  The Gulabi Gang was at first intended to punish repressive husbands, fathers and brothers, and battle domestic violence and desertion.
•  The Gulabi Gang consists of women between the age of18 and 60 years.
• There is no gender-based discrimination in Gulabi Gang as it not only focuses on male jurisdiction over women but also on human rights and male exploitation.
• The Gulabi Gang have also put a stop some child marriages and denounce dowry and female illiteracy.