Background
Wadia, Avabai Bomanji was born on September 18, 1913 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Daughter of Dorabji Muncherji and Pirojbai Dorabji (Arsiwala) Mehta.
social services and women's health advocate
Wadia, Avabai Bomanji was born on September 18, 1913 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Daughter of Dorabji Muncherji and Pirojbai Dorabji (Arsiwala) Mehta.
Bachelor of Laws with honors, London University, 1934. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Sri Venkateswara University.
Barrister, High Court of London, 1936-1937;
barrister, Supreme Court of the Sri Lanka, 1939-1941;
justice of the peace, Bombay, 1957;
magistrate, Juvenile Court, Bombay, 1958. Vice president All India Women's conference, 1956-1958, 58-60. Member governing board Population Foundation of India.
Extensive spaker on women's welfare, family planning issues, population education, family welfare, etc.
Member Family Planning Association of India (founder 1949, honorary general secretary 1953-1963, president 1963-1997, president emeritus since 1998), International Planned Parenthood Federation (founder 1952, president 1983-1989, other offices, patron since 1989), Women Graduates Union (life), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (life), Maharashtra Women's Council (life).
Married Bomanji Khurshedji Wadia, April 26, 1946. Widowed February 1979.