Mercy Ravi
Area of Expertise: Politics, Social Works
Bio: Mercy Ravi was a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly and the wife of the Indian politician Vayalar Ravi. She was also a renowned social worker and author. Mercy began her political career as a student activist. She held several key positions in the Congress party and was the General Secretary of the party in the Kerala Pradesh Mahila Congress and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. At the national level, she was elected as the President of the Indian National Trade Union Congress women’s committee in 2000 and as member of All India Congress Committee. She was a representative of the Asia Pacific Region International Confederation of Trade Unions and a member of the Indian delegation to the World Women’s Conference in Beijing. She was also an author and columnist. On 5 September 2009, at the age of 64, she died at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai. She was laid to rest in Vayalar Ravi’s ancestral home at Vayalar in Kerala’s Alappuzha district.
Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Ravi
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