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'''Ratnaboli Ray''' is an Ashoka Fellow, trained clinical psychologist and mental health activist who is the founder of Anjali, a rights based organisation based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which works for persons with mental health condition and or psychosocial disability. She was awarded  the  [[Human Rights Watch]]'s [[Alison Des Forges]] Award for Extraordinary Activism.<ref name=hrw2016-09-01>{{cite web | url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/09/01/ratnaboli-ray-india | title=Ratnaboli Ray, India 2016 Recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism | publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] | date=1 September 2016 | accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=feminisminindia2017-08-18>{{cite web | url=https://feminisminindia.com/2017/08/18/anjali-ratnaboli-ray-interview/ | title=In Conversation With Ratnaboli Ray, Founder of Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation | publisher=Feminism in India | accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=indiatodayA>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shes-every-woman.../1/252058.html | title=She's every woman | publisher=[[India Today]] | accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=indiatodayB>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Probe-team-visits-mental-hospital/articleshow/53777676.cms | title=Probe team visits mental hospital | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=19 August 2016 | accessdate=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=hrw2016-09-01>{{cite web | url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/12/09/uniting-end-violence-against-women-disabilities | title=Uniting to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities | publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] | work=Meg Mszyco | date=9 December 2016 | accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=theguardian2014-12-29>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/dec/29/india-mental-healthcare-challenges | title=India faces massive challenge to get mental healthcare right | publisher=[[The Guardian]] | work=KumKum Dasgupta | date=29 December 2014 | accessdate=29 November 2017}}</ref>
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She has been recognised as powerful impact woman by Business Today. She was awarded Times Woman Hero by Times Of India.
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'''Ratnaboli Ray''' is an Ashoka Fellow, trained clinical psychologist and mental health activist who is the founder of Anjali, a rights based organisation based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which works for persons with mental health condition and or psychosocial disability. She was awarded  the  [[Human Rights Watch]]'s [[Alison Des Forges]] Award for Extraordinary Activism.<ref name=hrw2016-09-01/><ref name=feminisminindia2017-08-18/><ref name=indiatodayA/><ref name=indiatodayB/><ref name=hrw2016-09-09/><ref name=theguardian2014-12-29/> She has been recognised as powerful impact woman by Business Today. She was awarded Times Woman Hero by Times Of India.
 
On August 18, 2022, Ray spoke out to defend a former professor at [[Kolkata]]'s [[St. Xavier's University]], after University officials had forced her to resign over the existence of photos of her wearing a [[bikini]].<ref name=news18-2022-08-18/>  Ray denounced the unfairness of the firing, and posted her own bikini pictures, and called on other celebrities to join her, and post bikini pictures of their own.  ''News 18'' reported that celebrities who followed her example included: [[Payoshni Mitra]], [[Anisha Pal]], [[Bidipta Chakraborty]] and [[Rupsa Guha]].


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Ratnaboli Ray is an Ashoka Fellow, trained clinical psychologist and mental health activist who is the founder of Anjali, a rights based organisation based in Kolkata, West Bengal, which works for persons with mental health condition and or psychosocial disability. She was awarded the Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She has been recognised as powerful impact woman by Business Today. She was awarded Times Woman Hero by Times Of India.

On August 18, 2022, Ray spoke out to defend a former professor at Kolkata's St. Xavier's University, after University officials had forced her to resign over the existence of photos of her wearing a bikini.[7] Ray denounced the unfairness of the firing, and posted her own bikini pictures, and called on other celebrities to join her, and post bikini pictures of their own. News 18 reported that celebrities who followed her example included: Payoshni Mitra, Anisha Pal, Bidipta Chakraborty and Rupsa Guha.

References

  1. ↑ Ratnaboli Ray, India 2016 Recipient of the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism. Human Rights Watch (2016-09-01). Retrieved on 2017-11-28.
  2. ↑ In Conversation With Ratnaboli Ray, Founder of Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation. Feminism in India. Retrieved on 2017-11-28.
  3. ↑ She's every woman, India Today. Retrieved on 2017-11-28.
  4. ↑ Probe team visits mental hospital, The Times of India, 19 August 2016. Retrieved on 2017-11-28.
  5. ↑ Uniting to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities. Meg Mszyco. Human Rights Watch (2016-12-09). Retrieved on 2017-11-29.
  6. ↑ India faces massive challenge to get mental healthcare right, KumKum Dasgupta, 2014-12-29. Retrieved on 2017-11-29.
  7. ↑ Salmali Das. Celebrities Post Pics in Swimsuits Stating 'Take That Xavier's', Support Professor Sacked Over Instagram Photos, News 18 (India), 2022-08-18. Retrieved on 2022-09-04. “Ratnaboli Ray started a campaign on Facebook on Wednesday. Posting a photo of herself wearing a swimsuit, she wrote, 'Kanchkola'. She added according to her opinion, 'Teacher’s attire is a personal choice, students shouldn’t get bothered about that. An institution who does not understand this, need to extent their periphery'. She also requested other people of the society to raise their voice and post pictures in swimsuits.” mirror
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