Ritambhara Mehta
I use the pronouns she/her/hers. I co-founded Nazariya: A Queer Feminist Resource Group in 2014 where I am responsible for overall organisational development. I also conduct training sessions with school, university students and development sector organisations on gender, sexuality, and sexual harassment at the workplace - and these interactions give me immense joy. I identify as a queer feminist. Through my work, I am keen to engage in conversations around organisational processes that are people-centric, fair, and constructive.
Rituparna Borah
I am an indigenous, disabled, queer-feminist activist with over 15 years of experience in working with LGBT*QIA+ people and on issues of gender and sexuality. Currently, I co-lead Nazariya. I am a fellow of OutRight Action International for the Beijing 25+ process. I have published several articles in national and international journals. I am an experienced peer counsellor, curriculum developer, and trainer. I am a human to 3 felines who are my lifelines.
Anindya Hajra
Anindya is a transgender rights and social justice activist based in Calcutta, India whose relationship with transfeminisms [yes, that is in the plural] has spanned about two decades. In 1998 she co-founded Pratyay Gender Trust, one of the early community led collectives in India that became a support space for gender non-conforming and transgender persons facing harassment, stigma and violence for their gender identity/ expression. Pratyay today focuses on issues surrounding systemic discrimination surrounding Transgender Persons Right to Work, Economic Justice and Inclusion. She has been deeply involved with sexualities, gender, anti-homophobic/transphobic violence and a significant part of her work is focussed on collectivisation of transgender persons across India, advocating with policy makers and building synergies across other human rights movements.
Sharmistha Ghosh
Sharmistha is the Sr Vice President- Health care and Social Impact in Avian We. 20 years of experience working with a wide spectrum of stakeholders, including community-based organisations, government agencies, foundations, collaboratives, and the private sector, with an earnest attempt to contribute to building a social movement, bringing behavioural shifts and/or policy change for creating a better, more equitable, and more resilient world. She has been working with Avian WE, leading the Social Impact and Healthcare practice, working closely with a team to drive programmes across climate action, public health, human rights, and education. As a part of the organisation’s commitment, Sharmistha, along with her colleagues, conceptualised “Consciously Speaking”, a book of terminologies around gender and sexuality.