Programme Officer, The YP Foundation | India Avali (they/them) is currently leading The YP Foundation’s queer rights work in India. Their work has focused on developing comprehensive sexuality education in school and community settings, and engaging with young men in urban spaces to create dialogues and actions that question masculine norms. They were selected as a panelist at the Family … Read More
Rise Up Together in India: Vidhu’s Story
Rise Up Together’s India Country Lead Vidhu Prabha shares how her experience growing up in India led her to gender equity advocacy and how Rise Up Leaders in the country—including a growing number of male allies—are creating meaningful, lasting change.
Prasun Mathpal
Program Manager, CECOEDECON | India Prasun is a Program Manager in CECOEDECON. His current role is to lead the project related to child rights in 28 villages across three districts of Rajasthan. He is a staunch believer in equal rights for women, girls, and youth. He strongly believes that if India aspires to become a superpower, equal representation of the … Read More
Anushree Mukerjee
Research Associate, Gram Niyojan Kendra | India Anushree is currently a researcher, an organizer, a documenter, and an activist by passion. In her current role, she takes charge of asking the difficult questions through which she helps derive strategies that can be adopted to facilitate effective change. Anushree has always been passionate towards studying and training for the development sector … Read More
Radhika Sharma
Founder/Director, Jeevan Ashram Sanstha (JAS) | India Radhika Sharma is heading an NGO and leads the flagship youth and adolescent advocacy and infotainment program in Rajasthan. Radhika is a keen believer in justice for all, especially for girls and women. She vehemently believes that inequities arising from social practices like child marriage and gender discrimination have no place in our … Read More
Heera Devi
Senior Field Worker, Urmul Setu Sansthan | India Heera Devi is a community motivator and always advocates for the rights of girls. She is currently facilitating and promoting village level vocational training for girls on stitching, embroidery, and handicraft items so that girls can become financially independent. She is a staunch supporter of girl child education and has been motivating … Read More
Mamta Soni
Project Officer, Rajsamand Jan Vikas Sansthan | India Mamta Soni is working to spread awareness about child marriage and how it affects the life of adolescents, with a focus on the empowerment of adolescent boys and girls. Mamta has a Bachelor’s of Science degree and a Master’s in Social Work. Rise Up Together Cohort: Rajasthan, India 2021
Ashwani Tiwari
Co-Founder and Director, Vidhyalay Udhyam Association | India Ashwani Tiwari leads Vidhyalay Udhyam Association, an organization working with young learners in the tribal geography of Udaipur regarding innovation and entrepreneurship. He is a passionate advocate for tribal women’s participation in the global workforce. Ashwani has earned a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering and is a recipient of the … Read More
Akram Quazi
Program Manager, IPE Global LTD | India Akram Quazi is a project manager overseeing technical assistance in strategy and implementation, monitoring, and capacity building to ensure the effective transition of adolescent girls into the workforce. Akram focuses on mapping aspirations of girls and linking them with the training opportunities to improve the quality of skill-based training. He completed his post-graduate … Read More
Hina Kousar
Centre Head, Pardarshita | India Hina Kousar presently works to strengthen child education and children’s enrollment in schools. She is passionate about children’s education and believes in increasing education rates to overcome societal issues, such as poverty. Rise Up Together Cohort: Rajasthan, India 2021
