Bio

Barsha Chakraborty is a development professional working as a gender rights specialist with global organizations focused on evidence-based campaigning, policy, advocacy, and social behavioral change communication. She has been working on the issues of structural exclusions, violence, disaster risk reduction, and digital rights. She started her development sector journey working with Safai Karmachari Andolan, a campaign against manual scavenging, followed by ActionAid, and had the opportunity to work with various intersectional grassroots organizations working among the most marginalized communities. Barsha is presently working with Breakthrough India, leading digital media programs and partnerships, responsible for gender and tech, and social behavioral change communication to address gender-based violence.