Mythili Sivaraman (1939-2021) *81

Mythili Sivaraman was an Indian women's rights activist and trade union activist. She was a co-founder of All India Democratic Women's Association and leader in the Commmunist Party of India (Marxist). Through her writings and activism she brought attention to the Keezhvenmani massacre of 1968 and the Vachati mass rape cases of 1962. She led efforts to drive women's empowerment, particularly of women from the disadvantaged communities, and trade union and labour activism. She was a contributor to Economic and Political Weekly, and wrote for publications including Mainstream, and the Radical Review. Sivaraman was born on 14 December 1939 in Kakinada in present day Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. She completed her higher education from the Syracuse University in the United States. She worked as a research assistant in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN (between 1966 and 1968). During this time she was involved in research related to non-self-governing territories. She also participated in the Anti-Vietnam war movement. At the end of her stint at the UN, she returned to India to work with the left and became a trade union organizer and women's rights activist working with women in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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