Champa Devi Shukla , along with Rashida Bee , led an international campaign seeking justice for the survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide Gas Tragedy in Bhopal . Starting with protests and rallies in India , Shukla took her fight against Union Carbide Company ( UCC ) and its partner , Dow Chemicals , to the streets of New York and other American cities . Dow Chemicals is today fighting a series of cases filed by Champa and other protesters . In 2002 , they organised a 19-day hunger strike in New Delhi , demanding that the former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson face a criminal trial in Bhopal
1984 Union Carbide Gas Tragedy
Bhopal disaster
Champa Devi Shukla