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Dr. '''Meena Sharma''' (c.1984 - ) is an [[India]]n journalist who was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] in 2016. She has identified scandals of children who did not look after their elderly parents and the large number of abortions that were taking place of pregnancies that were predicted to deliver a female child.<br />
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==Life==<br />
She has been an editor at [[Patrika TV]] and as an anchor for [[Zee News]] on the show "Nayika". On News 18 she hosted Desh Ki Baat and "Dr Meena Sharma Ke Sath".<ref name=jai/><br />
[[File:Pranab Mukherjee presenting the “Nari Shakti Award” to Dr. Meena Sharma, Rajasthan, at the presentation of Stree Shakti Puraskar 2015, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|left|[[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the “Nari Shakti Award” to Dr. Meena Sharma]]<br />
Sharma was chosen to receive the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]]/Stree Shakti Puraskar on International Women's Day in 2016.,<ref name=jai>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-17|title=Meena Sharma - Jaipur Literature Festival|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/speaker/meena-sharma|access-date=2020-07-08|website=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/|language=en}}</ref> The award was made by the President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] in New Delhi. Mukherjee and the Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] gave speeches about India's need to empower women highlighting the problem of the higher number of male babies due to some parents choosing to have an abortion if their child is female.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2016-03-08|title=Give women freedom to exercise choices at home, workplace:Prez|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/give-women-freedom-to-exercise-choices-at-home-workplace-prez-116030800811_1.html|access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> A problem that Sharma has highlighted.<br />
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The Ministry of Woman, Children and Development who award the prize highlighted Sharma's influence on government policy. They acknowledged her help in created the [[Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007|Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act]] in 2007 after Sharma had conducted a sting operation to expose the treatment of older people.<ref name=wcd/> The act made heirs legally responsible to pay for the maintenance of older people. In a different operation she revealed how 500 organisations over six Indian states were supplying sex determination followed by illegal sex determined abortions.<ref name=wcd>{{Cite web|title=Citation for Nari Shakti Puraskar|url=https://twitter.com/meenaaindia/status/748897959916412928|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> At the time she was a 26 year old freelance journalist working with [[Sahara Samay Channel|Sahara Samay]], the 24 hour Hindi news channel in [[Jaipur]].<ref name=getty/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Panna Dhai National Award for her work with the [[Maharana Mewar Foundation]].<ref name=jai/><br />
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