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Line 1: {{short description\|Malaysian women's and children's rights activist}} {{use dmy dates\|date=December 2022}} Puan Sri '''Sukumari Sekhar''' (2 August ~~1933~~1934 – 8 March 2021) was a Malaysian [[women's rights\|women's]] and [[Children's rights in Malaysia\|children's rights]] activist. She was the founder and deputy president of Malaysia's National Council of Women's Organizations. ==Early life and education== Sukumari Nair was born on 2 August ~~1933~~1934 in Jalan Bandar Hilir, [[Malacca]]. She was educated at the [[University of Malaya]] in Singapore.<ref name="Vibes2">{{cite news \|last1=Ganeson \|first1=Dharshini \|title=An extraordinary woman who led an extraordinary life \|url=https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/20096/an-extraordinary-woman-who-led-an-extraordinary-life \|work=The Vibes \|date=10 March 2021 \|language=en}}</ref> ==Women's and children's rights activism== Line 16: Sukumari married businessman [[B. C. Shekhar]]. After he received the honour of Commander of the [[Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia]] in 1976, she received the title Puan Sri.<ref>{{cite news \|title=ബി.സി.ശേഖറിന്റെ ഭാര്യ സുകുമാരി ശേഖർ അന്തരിച്ചു \|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2021/03/09/sukumari-sekhar-passes-away.html \|work=Manorama Online \|date=10 March 2021 \|language=ml}}</ref> She is the mother of Jayan, Sujatha, [[Vinod Sekhar\|Vinod]], and Gopinath.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Women's rights champion Sukumari Sekhar dies \|url=https://selangorjournal.my/2021/03/womens-rights-champion-sukumari-sekhar-dies/ \|work=Selangor Journal \|date=9 March 2021}}</ref> Sekhar died on 8 March 2021 at the Cardiac Vascular Sentral private hospital in Kuala Lumpur and was 86 years and 7 months old at the time of her death (she was just five months short of her 87th birthday) and was preceded in death by her husband, Tan Sri Dr. [[B. C. Sekhar]] whom she outlived by 14-15 years since his passing in 2006.<ref name="Vibes">{{cite news \|title=Women’s rights champion Sukumari Sekhar passes on \|url=https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/19990/womens-rights-champion-sukumari-sekhar-passes-on \|work=The Vibes \|date=9 March 2021 \|language=en}}</ref> ==References== Line 23: {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sekhar, Sukumari}} [[Category:~~1933~~1934 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Malaysian women activists]] [[Category:20th-century Malaysian women]] [[Category:Malaysian people of Indian descent]] [[Category:21st-century Malaysian women]] [[Category:Malaysian Hindus]] [[Category:University of Malaya alumni]] [[Category:People from Malacca]]

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