Rekha Kumari

Bihar homemaker Rekha Kumari turned entrepreneur with a successful mushroom business she started at home, selling laddoos, biscuits, pickles and more and earning lakhs from it.

In a state where only 34 per cent women receive ante-natal care and a mere 22 per cent go in for institutional delivery, and where there is a dire need to shore up women’s access to contraception, elected women like Meera, Savitri and Manju have overcome political, cultural and social barriers to safeguard women’s right to health.

Rekha Kumari is not just another girl inflicted with polio since age 2. This 22-year-old daughter of a watchman in Delhi is the key campaigner of "World We Want", an initiative that calls for equal rights and opportunities for children living with disabilities across the globe. She also led the 11-member team of children that took the "children's manifesto" to the UN General Assembly last year. Meet the brave young woman with the never-say-die spirit!