Every Social Justice Leader Has a Story. Yours Begins Here.
Every Social Justice Leader Has a Story. Yours Begins Here.
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Vibhaa Sreedharan
Email ID
svibhaa7@gmail.com
Bio
Vibhaa Sreedharan is a final year undergraduate law student at SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. She is passionate about human rights and social justice. Post-graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in these fields. Academically, she has participated in various competitions and takes great joy in interpreting the law and presenting her arguments. She…

Vandita Rungta
Email ID
vandyrungta@gmail.com
Bio
Vandita (she/her) is an aspiring mental health professional who is passionate about the intersections between social structures, politics and psychology. Her aim is to apply the psychosocial model as an attempt to understand the world and operate as a better ally. She believes that as humans, our ability to relearn and unlearn and exhibit empathy…

Tan
Email ID
tanishajain1398@gmail.com
Bio
Tanisha navigates the world as a largely privileged individual. However, parts of their identity are marginalized, a fact that remains invisible unless voluntarily divulged. This dissonance of witnessing how communities they are a part of are being oppressed while occupying the space of an oppressor, made Tanisha realize that advocating for change is not simply…

Shreya Joshi
Email ID
jshreya1101@gmail.com
Bio
A 21 year old Sociology major with a PGD in Therapeutic Counseling, who actively invests her time in Gender equity and justice, and towards the cause of Abuse. Head of Crisis Management at Plane Jar NGO, Mumbai (providing free psycho- socio- legal aid to survivors of abuse, primarily CSA and DV cases, and members of…

Shefali Gupta
Email ID
shefalig028@gmail.com
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I am an enthusiastic, highly-motivated economics graduate, passionate about the development and public policy sector with research and project experience. Previously, Ihave worked on equitable access to entitlements, local governance, entrepreneurship and relief work for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sheena Kasana
Email ID
sheenakasana@gmail.com
Bio
Sheena is a literature graduate from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She is interested in a wide array of subjects including Women's Empowerment, Caste, Gender, Media, Public Policy, and Mental Health. Her own experience of working with marginalized communities and her own lived experiences have made her realize the importance of voicing injustices and…

Rhea Keny
Email ID
rheakeny26@gmail.com
Bio
Rhea’s work with oppressed communities during her college days, made her think about the work she could do in the real world. That’s what led her to take up the Teach For India Fellowship after her graduation from Sophia College for Women. The TFI experience proved to be a one of a kind experience filled…

Pratyusha
Email ID
varanasi.pratyusha@gmail.com
Bio
Pratyusha, 23, is a passionate advocate for gender, sexuality and climate justice. During their 2-year stint as a Project Manager at Boondh (a Bangalore-based social enterprise working in menstrual health) their work involved facilitating workshops on various themes within the ambit of menstrual health, programme management, operations, content strategy, graphic design and more. They have…

Mugdha Cheemakurthy
Email ID
micapher@gmail.com
Bio
Mugdha is an intersectional Feminist Social Worker who has worked with victims of human trafficking, children in need of care and protection; and prostitutes from the Hijra community. Her expertise lies in project management, rights based justice and stakeholder management, with special focus on Feminist justice and Mental health. Mugdha currently handles the strand of…
Mahpara Alam
mahparatuba@gmail.comYear
2024
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I am Mahpara Alam, a Program Specialist in Social Justice and Inclusion at BLAST (Bangladesh Legal Aid Service Trust). My work centers on the provision of justice to marginalized individuals who have been structurally silenced due to a long history of oppression and exclusion from their rights. With over ten years of experience in the development sector, I specialize in gender rights, women's rights, refugee rights, and the rights of marginalized communities, including Dalit castes, tea garden workers, and climate-affected communities, among others. My professional objective is to bring justice to all forms of social and institutional reform through advocacy, policy change/revision, and community resilience building. As a human rights defender, my commitment is to build a society where equity exists to its fullest. I hold an MS in Development Studies and an MS in Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies from The University of Dhaka.




