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Indian Social Worker Reema Nanavaty Honoured With Hillary Rodham Clinton Award
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News18•16-10-2026, 01:00
Indian Social Worker Reema Nanavaty Honoured With Hillary Rodham Clinton Award
- •Indian social worker Reema Nanavaty received the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award for her work in peace and security.
- •The award was conferred by former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.
- •Nanavaty is the Director of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India, leading it to become the largest union of informal sector workers.
- •She focuses on women empowerment by building women-owned enterprises in energy, agribusiness, and textiles.
- •Other recipients of the award include Tory Burch and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
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Reema Nanavaty serves as the Director of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India, which has become the single largest union of informal sector workers in the country under her leadership.
The other recipients of the 2026 Hillary Rodham Clinton Award are fashion designer and Tory Burch Foundation founder Tory Burch, as well as Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus.
In 2013, the Government of India honoured Reema Nanavaty with the Padma Shri, which is the country's fourth highest civilian award.
