Martha Farrell was a passionate civil society leader, renowned and respected in India and around the world for her work on women’s rights, gender equality and adult education.
Martha formally joined PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia) in 1996, founded by her husband, Dr. Rajesh Tandon.
Martha’s crusade for gender mainstreaming in organizations began in 1998 when the Vishakha Guidelines for the prevention of sexual harassment at workplaces were formulated by the Supreme Court of India.
In 2014, she published the first Indian book on the subject, Engendering the Workplace: Gender Discrimination & Prevention of Sexual harassment in Organizations.
[5] She has written several other books on issues such as Adult Education, Environment, Occupational Health and Safety, Gender mainstreaming, and Women's empowerment.