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March 22, 2013

BIG NEWS!: World Moms Blog Sr. Editor in India Wins BlogHER Award!

World Moms Blog Senior Editor, Purnima Ramakrishnan, with her grandmother and friends speak about the importance of vaccines.

World Moms Blog Senior Editor, Purnima Ramakrishnan, with her grandmother and friends speak about the importance of vaccines.

It was like a dream come true for Purnima Ramakrishnan of Chennai, India one morning this week.  Just a few days ago she received confirmation that she had won the BlogHER International Activist Scholarship for her social good work on her blog, The Alchemist’s Blog, and as a Senior Editor, here, at World Moms Blog.

At the end of July, she will be on her way to Chicago, Illinois in the USA to present her work along with the three other international scholarship winners.

The e-mail from BlogHER stated, “Thank you for submitting your work for consideration to receive the International Activist Blogger Scholarship! We are so pleased to let you know that after careful deliberation, our selection committee has selected you as one of four recipients of this year’s scholarship!”

Purnima’s excitement rang through in her e-mail to World Moms Blog.  She exclaimed, “No words!!! Give me some hours!!! I am still processing it!!!”

The stay-at-home mother in India has accepted the invitation to attend the BlogHER ’13 conference –airfare and hotel stay included — and present her work at a conference session. She will be discussing how blogging has provided a platform for her to become a global social good advocate.  This includes her role at World Moms Blog in helping to provide a voice for mothers across the globe, her advocacy of life-saving vaccinations for children through Shot@Life and the GAVI Alliance, girls rights in India, elimination of global poverty through ONE and global maternal health through Cleanbirth.org.

BlogHER is the largest community of women who blog and a media company founded by Lisa Stone, Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins in response to the question, “Where are all the women bloggers?” This year’s BlogHER ’13 conference will be held July 25-27, 2013 in Chicago, IL .

World Moms Blog extends a grand congratulations to our Senior Editor, Purnima Ramakrishnan in India (we are so proud of you!) and a grand thank you to BlogHER for valuing the international voice of women through their scholarship award.  

 

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World Moms Blog is an award winning website which writes from over 30 countries on the topics of motherhood, culture, human rights and social good. Over 70 international contributors share their stories from around the globe, bonded by the common thread of motherhood and wanting a better world for their children. World Moms Blog was listed by Forbes Woman as one of the "Best 100 Websites for Women 2012 & 2013" and also called a "must read" by the NY Times Motherlode in 2013. Our Senior Editor in India, Purnima Ramakrishnan, was awarded the BlogHer International Activist Award in 2013.

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  1. Jennifer Burden says

    March 22, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    So happy for you, Purnima!! Way to go!!! Shoot for the stars!!!

    Jen 🙂

    Reply
  2. Mom Photographer says

    March 22, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    what an amazing news, Purnima! You surly deserve it!

    Reply
  3. Kim at Mama Mzungu says

    March 22, 2013 at 2:23 pm

    Awesome, awesome news!!!!!!!! Very well deserved. And you’re going to love Chicago (my home town). 🙂

    Reply
    • Purnima says

      March 23, 2013 at 4:10 am

      Kim, I cant wait to chat up with you about Chicago!

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth Atalay says

    March 22, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    Congratulations Purnima, this is such amazing news! You definitely deserve it!

    Reply
  5. Tara B says

    March 22, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    Wonderful news! Congratulations!

    Reply
  6. another jennifer says

    March 22, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    Congrats, Purnima! This is wonderful news.

    Reply
  7. Maureen says

    March 22, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    Congrats, Purnima so well deserve! What a wonderful wonderful news 🙂

    Reply
  8. Purnima says

    March 23, 2013 at 4:09 am

    Thank you all. I am so excited and happy. World Moms Blog happened at the right time in my life and got me involved in so much of community and social work here in India and abroad through blogging advocacy.
    Thank you World Moms Blog, BlogHER and of all of you, my closest friends 🙂

    Reply
  9. Karyn says

    March 26, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    I’m so pleased for you, Purnima. 😀

    Reply
  10. Jennifer Tosch says

    March 29, 2013 at 4:49 pm

    Congratulations fellow BlogHer winner! I love you blog and I am honored to be in your company!

    Reply
  11. Maman Aya (USA) says

    March 30, 2013 at 11:15 pm

    Congrats Purnima! Such a wonderful opportunity!

    Reply

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