India

Meena Chockalingam

Meena ChockalingamCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: Gender-based Violence, Crisis Intervention, Community Engagement Background:Meena is a queer gender security worker. She works on crisis intervention, movement building, and research in the global feminist space. She is trained and certified in various types of gender security including IPV, CSA, TfGBV, and queer peer support. She firmly believes that individuals should not […]

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Kimngaihoi Vaiphei

Kimngaihoi VaipheiCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: Humanitarian aid, Feminist Peacebuilding, Tribal Rights Background:Kimngaihoi Vaiphei is one of the leaders/managing trustee of Young Tribal Women’s Network (YTWN), a tribal, feminist collective which was formed as an emergency aid response to the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, India. Through this collective, she has helped IDP students with carious educational needs, organised

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Hannah Jean Jimala

Hannah Jean JimalaCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: SRHR, Economic justice (including the care economy), Climate Justice Background:Hannah is feminist, organizer, human rights worker and social researcher. She is currently the Membership and Community Engagement Director of DAKILA, an organization composed of creatives, artists, educators and young people pushing for human rights and democracy. She contributes to DAKILA’s building a

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Chonthita Kraisrikul

Chonthita KraisrikulCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: Safe abortion counseling, SRHR, Labour rights Background:Chonthita (Neab) Kraisrikul is a dedicated feminist activist and a project manager at Tamtang Group. Recognizing the significance of safe abortion as an integral aspect of sexual and reproductive healthcare, Neab is committed to challenging stigma, dispelling myths surrounding abortion, and advocating for increased accessibility in Thailand.

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Chehak Gidwani

Chehak GidwaniCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: Disability justice and rights, Policy Advocacy, Program conceptualization in healthcare equity Background:Chehak is a queer-disabled and feminist development professional. They are currently working at the Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy on Project Outlive, a youth suicide prevention program, wherein they engage with marginalised youth to build capacities for policy engagement and

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Bhuvana Balaji

Bhuvana BalajiCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: Menstrual Health and Gender Justice, Mental Health, Adolescent Well-Being Background:Bhuvana Balaji is the co-CEO at Uninhibited, an organisation dedicated to menstrual health and gender justice. She is deeply committed to using research-driven and data-informed behavioural design to improve user experiences. Bhuvana believes in the power of participatory approaches and works closely with communities

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Ayushmita Samal

Ayushmita SamalCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: SRHR, Disability Feminist Movement Building Background:Ayushmita is a queer disabled mixed methods researcher and evaluator based in India, specialising in feminist, decolonial and participatory methods. She is a sexuality educator and DEI and Human Rights trainer, with expertise on gender and disability issues. Her key areas of work have been menstrual health, hygiene,

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Anwesha Chatterjee

Anwesha ChatterjeeCountry: IndiaAdvocacy areas: Gender based Violence, SRHR, Mental Health Background:Anwesha is a social worker and an activist working at the intersection of Gender based violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. She is currently the Deputy Director at SAHAYOG, a community based organization based in Uttar Pradesh, India. She is also the co-founder of Socially

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