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(USA)
Susana T. Fried is an accomplished feminist advocate with a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Gender and Development. She has extensive expertise in human rights, gender justice, sexual rights, and public health advocacy. Her career spans pivotal roles at CREA, Yale University's Global Health and Justice Partnership, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where she led strategic initiatives, forged partnerships, and shaped policy dialogues on gender, HIV, and health. Susana’s thought-leadership extends to pioneering campaigns challenging the criminalization of gender, identity, and sexuality. With a track record of success in driving global programs and building sustainable partnerships across diverse sectors including philanthropy, civil society and academia, Susana’s contributions include extensive publications.
(Sri Lanka / USA)
Subha Wijesiriwardena is a feminist activist, researcher and communicator who has worked at a diverse range of national and international organizations to move the needle on gender justice, human rights and democracy. Subha has worked across the issue-areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights, queer and trans rights, digital rights, and freedom of expression, assembly and association, promoting anti-criminalization approaches. Subha has extensive experience building trust across organizations and regions, creating spaces for collaboration, and coordinating collective advocacy to counter anti-gender and anti-democracy forces. Subha's research work has focused on a range of issues of concern to feminists, such as abortion, pornography, and the intersection between gender, sexuality and the internet.
(Sri Lanka)
Tehani Ariyaratne is an experienced grantmaker, researcher and operations manager, with over a decade of experience working on women's rights in South Asia. Her work lies at the intersection of gender, labor and migration, as well as feminist philanthropy. She is interested in addressing inequalities in funding flows, in particular the ever decreasing funding for women and gender justice work in the global South. She is also passionate about building strong, accountable and sustainable feminist institutions within human rights movements to engage with and counter the trend of increasing anti-gender, anti- rights and anti-democratic mobilisations around the world.