Suneeta is a Gender and Development Specialist with over four decades of experience on advancing women’s human rights. She has worked with community based civil society organisations as well as with international organisations. She coordinated the India Unit for the historic preparatory process for Beijing ’95 Conference, mobilising grassroots women leaders across diverse sectors, locations and social identities. She later worked with erstwhile UNIFEM South Asia in Delhi (1998-2006) and later at the New York office, managing the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (2006-2008). Suneeta was on the Board of Jagori – a feminist group in Delhi, and was Director (2008-2015) and currently a Senior Advisor with them. She currently advises 2 national organisations working on engendering women’s livelihoods, social and political empowerment.

She has designed multi-stakeholder programmes, engendering rural women’s livelihoods, ending violence against women, and building safer spaces for women/girls. As a feminist activist, she supports grassroots movement building, amplifying voices of women in their full diversity, especially from marginalised communities. As an educator, she facilitates capacity-building programmes for policy-makers, functionaries, and practitioners.

At a policy level, Suneeta has served on Expert Committees of the National Commission for Women and the Supreme Court’s Committee on Widow’s Rehabilitation. She is a member of the Beijing+25 and Civil Society Advisory Group of UN Women (India). As a member of the Global Coalition on Inclusive and Safe Spaces for Women/Girls (a global feminist alliance), she contributes to the UN Women’s Generation Equality Action Coalition on Gender Based Violence. She has been a Co-Founder and a former Board member of the Women’s Fund Asia (earlier South Asia Women’s Fund, Colombo). She is currently Chair of the sister fund in India – South Asia Women Foundation – India, advocating for resources to advance rights of diverse women and trans persons. She is a Co-Founder of the Feminist Policy Collective in India and in a Co-Convener role with them. She also serves as a member of the National Human Rights Commission’s Core Group on Rights of Women. She is an external member of a few Internal Committees on Sexual Harassment of government and civil society organisations.

Suneeta holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and has been a recipient of the Fulbright and Advocacy Institute Fellowships for Development Practitioners. She has co-authored research studies, training manuals, and papers on women’s safety, gender and SDGs, transformative governance and women’s rights. Suneeta was recognised by Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2021.

Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)
Suneeta Dhar

Suneeta is a Gender and Development Specialist with over four decades of experience on advancing women’s human rights. She has worked with community based civil society organisations as well as with international organisations. She coordinated the India Unit for the historic preparatory process for Beijing ’95 Conference, mobilising grassroots women leaders across diverse sectors, locations and social identities. She later worked with erstwhile UNIFEM South Asia in Delhi (1998-2006) and later at the New York office, managing the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (2006-2008). Suneeta was on the Board of Jagori – a feminist group in Delhi, and was Director (2008-2015) and currently a Senior Advisor with them. She currently advises 2 national organisations working on engendering women’s livelihoods, social and political empowerment.

She has designed multi-stakeholder programmes, engendering rural women’s livelihoods, ending violence against women, and building safer spaces for women/girls. As a feminist activist, she supports grassroots movement building, amplifying voices of women in their full diversity, especially from marginalised communities. As an educator, she facilitates capacity-building programmes for policy-makers, functionaries, and practitioners.

At a policy level, Suneeta has served on Expert Committees of the National Commission for Women and the Supreme Court’s Committee on Widow’s Rehabilitation. She is a member of the Beijing+25 and Civil Society Advisory Group of UN Women (India). As a member of the Global Coalition on Inclusive and Safe Spaces for Women/Girls (a global feminist alliance), she contributes to the UN Women’s Generation Equality Action Coalition on Gender Based Violence. She has been a Co-Founder and a former Board member of the Women’s Fund Asia (earlier South Asia Women’s Fund, Colombo). She is currently Chair of the sister fund in India – South Asia Women Foundation – India, advocating for resources to advance rights of diverse women and trans persons. She is a Co-Founder of the Feminist Policy Collective in India and in a Co-Convener role with them. She also serves as a member of the National Human Rights Commission’s Core Group on Rights of Women. She is an external member of a few Internal Committees on Sexual Harassment of government and civil society organisations.

Suneeta holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and has been a recipient of the Fulbright and Advocacy Institute Fellowships for Development Practitioners. She has co-authored research studies, training manuals, and papers on women’s safety, gender and SDGs, transformative governance and women’s rights. Suneeta was recognised by Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2021.

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network