2012 · Q3
Kulandei Francis was awarded the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award for
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- Ahis visionary zeal, his profound faith in community energies and his sustained programmes in pursuing the holistic economic empowerment of thousands of women and their families in rural India
- Bher passionate advocacy of the scientific temper and putting science in the hands of farmers and rural communities in India
- Chis work as a journalist in restoring India's 'rural poor' to India's consciousness
- Dhis work in conducting free and fair elections in the world's largest democracy, and for upholding secular democracy in India
Explanation
Kulandei Francis, founder of the Integrated Village Development Project (IVDP) in Tamil Nadu, received the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award for the economic empowerment of rural women and their families.