Kamla Bhasin
Name: Kamla Bhasin
Title: Social Activist/Feminist. Advisor Sangat. Co-Chair PWAG. Core Committee member of One Billion Rising
Organisation: Sangat- A South Asian Feminist Network. Peace Women Across the Globe. One Billion Rising
Brief profile:
- Social scientist by training
- Socialist feminist by conviction
- Having worked with the UN for 27 years on issues related to sustainable livelihoods, gender equality, justice, grassroots democracy, human rights etc. in Asia, especially in South Asia
- Having written books, articles, songs, poems on all these issues.
Kamla Bhasin has been actively engaged with issues related to development, gender, education, media and others since 1970. Currently, she works with Sangat – A Feminist Network as Adviser as well as JAGORI, A Women’s Resource and Training Centre. She is the South Asia Coordinator of One Billion Rising, a global campaign to end violence against women and girls; Co-Chair of the worldwide network Peace Women Across the Globe; and member of South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR). Prior to this, she worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for 27 years.
Kamla Bhasin is deeply engaged with issues related to gender, patriarchy, men and masculinities, feminisms, sustainable livelihoods, peace, identity politics, militarization, human rights and democracy and seeks to explore and articulate connections between these issues and to promote synergies between different movements. Her main work has been at the South Asian level, and has included capacity building of South Asian and other young activists, networking amongst civil society organizations in South Asia and elsewhere and organizing campaigns on different issues. She has also been conducting gender sensitization workshops for senior leaders and managers of non-governmental organizations, government officials, police personnel, and members of Parliament in various countries in South Asia.
Kamla Bhasin has written and spoken extensively on gender, patriarchy, women’s empowerment, participatory and sustainable development, participatory training, media and communication. Most of her books are written for activists and development workers. She has also written a large number of songs and slogans for the women’s movement, books for children, and has created many posters and banners for various people’s movements. She is committed to the creation of a peaceful, democratic and pluralist South Asia.
She lives in New Delhi, India. She also shares her life story with us.
Work:
- Sangat-A Feminist Network
- C/o Jagori
- B 114 Shivalik, Malviya Nagar
- New Delhi 110 017
- Tel: 91-11-26692166
- Email: [email protected]
Residence:
- 112 Anand Lok
- New Delhi 110 049
- Tel: 91-11-2625 7075
- Email: [email protected]