Dr. Alana Golmei is an Indian humanitarian, activist, lawyer. She is the founder of Pann Nu Foundation and founding member of Burma Center Delhi. Golmei was awarded the

Delhi Commission for Women The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) is a statutory body of the Government of Delhi constituted to investigate and examine all matters relating to the safety and security of women under the constitution and other laws in Delhi Delhi, of ...

's Achievement Award in 2016.

Early life

She was born in Tamenglong and is of

Naga Naga or NAGA may refer to: Mythology * Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions * Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata'' * Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong Riv ...

ethnicity from

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

North East Support Center & Helpline

She started the North East Support Centre & Helpline in 2007 to assist and prevent harassment and abuses meted out to women, the North East people and tribal communities in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

and

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in India. She is also a member Bezbaruah Committee formed in 2014 to suggest measures to deal with racial discrimination targeted at Northeastern Indian.

References

External links

Let’s talk about racism , Don’t call us ‘chinky, momo, chowmein,’ says a Northeastern woman
in ''Hindustan Times,'' 2017

in Tejasvini, DD News.
Northeast Helpline numbers
by grin news {{DEFAULTSORT:Golmei, Alana Indian women Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian civil rights activists Women from Manipur People from Tamenglong district Naga people Activists from Nagaland