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Remembering Razia Sultan Ismail, pioneering journalist and child rights activist
Opinion Remembering Razia Sultan Ismail, pioneering journalist and child rights activist
Her concern for children went beyond her official responsibilities and she went out of her way to wean them off the streets, pushing them to education and schools and, where needed, often providing assistance from her pocket
Razia Sultan Ismail, a pioneering woman journalist of the country and head of communications and deputy country head, UNICEF-India, died Thursday morning at an elder care facility in Noida, where she lived for the last couple of years after suffering a stroke. She was 87. She is survived by an older sister.
