Author, human rights campaigner and founder of the ASHA Foundation, Zerbanoo Gifford holds the International Woman of the Year Award 2006 for her humanitarian work, which spans over thirty years of grassroots and global activism. In 1989, Zerbanoo was presented with the Nehru Centenary Award for her work championing the rights of women, children and minorities. Pioneer for Asian Women in British politics, she chaired the Commission 'Looking into ethnic minority involvement in British Life' and was a member of the advisory group to the British Home Secretary. A former director of Anti-Slavery International, she was awarded the Freedom of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska, for her work combating modern slavery and racism.Zerbanoo has authored The Golden Thread: Asian Experience in post-Raj Britain; Dadabhai Naoroji: Britain's first non-white Member of Parliament; Asian Presence in Europe; Celebrating India's 50 Year Anniversary; Thomas Clarkson and the Campaign Against the Slave Trade.
Author, human rights campaigner and founder of the ASHA Foundation, Zerbanoo Gifford holds the International Woman of the Year Award 2006 for her humanitarian work, which spans over thirty years of grassroots and global activism. In 1989, Zerbanoo was presented with the Nehru Centenary Award for her work championing the rights of women, children and minorities. Pioneer for Asian Women in British politics, she chaired the Commission 'Looking into ethnic minority involvement in British Life' and was a member of the advisory group to the British Home Secretary. A former director of Anti-Slavery International, she was awarded the Freedom of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska, for her work combating modern slavery and racism.Zerbanoo has authored The Golden Thread: Asian Experience in post-Raj Britain; Dadabhai Naoroji: Britain's first non-white Member of Parliament; Asian Presence in Europe; Celebrating India's 50 Year Anniversary; Thomas Clarkson and the Campaign Against the Slave Trade.
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