Geeta Menon is a social activist, co-founder of Stree Jagruti Samiti, and joint secretary of Domestic Workers Rights Union. Three decades ago she began to fight injustice and the exploitation of the working and toiling people, inspired by the strong, working class women in India who laugh, love, and live in spite of caste and patriarchal oppression. She is the recipient of many local and national awards for empowerment, achievement, and social entrepreneurship.