Stalwart of social work
Avabai Wadia, Ceylon's first lady barrister, became the international face of the family planning movement
Arnavaz S. Mama
"Parsis are a community, not a race. There is no such thing as a pure race anywhere in the world. You can make out a Parsi by looking at him. But you can also make out a Bengali or a Tamilian by looking at him!” says Avabai Wadia, president emeritus of the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), founder member and patron of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
Over 70 years of work in the battle to establish women’s rights to education, a life beyond the kitchen stove and the drudgery of housework; over 60 years in changing mindsets around......
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