Mumtaz Shaikh

Mumtaz Shaikh manages CORO's grassroots movement sector. Previously, Mumtaz was the program manager of CORO's Women's Empowerment Program. She joined CORO in about 2000 as a community volunteer in the Integrated Development Program, and then building, on her own strengths, experiences, and passions, she became a counselor in CORO's program addressing gender-based violence. She's worked on gender-based violence for 20 years. She was elected secretary of the Mahila Mandal Federation, which is a CORO-initiated community women's organization that's 10,000 women strong. Mumtaz was one of seven Indians named on the British Broadcasting Corporation’s 2015 list of the 100 most influential women.

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Khandekar, Sujata, Vinaya Ghewde, Anita Kamble, Anwari Khan, Pallavi Palav, Dwarka Pawar, Sheela Pawar, Mumtaz Shaikh, and Lakshmi Lingam. (2020). Feminist cooperative inquiry: Grassroots women define and deepen empowerment through dialogue. Action Research 0 (0), 1-21. : 1476750320960807.