We carry out qualitative and quantitative field based and digital research and publication. We also run multimedia awareness raising campaigns on feminist issues.
We conduct trainings and workshops for NGO professionals, students and youth, panchayat women, and other stake holders
We use law based advocacy, legal awareness and mechanisms such as public interest litigation, right to information and free legal aid and counselling for feminist causes
Safe, comfortable and dignified short residence for women who are trying to leave violent homes, be it paternal or matrimonial because "where will I sleep tonight?"
Gender based division of space as public and private, with women being relegated to the “home” prioritizing “family” is one of the main factors behind women’s inequality and gender-based violence. Women must have equal access not just to the physical public spaces but also the public sphere, the public imagination of the nation, political discussions, and digital public sphere.
Women must rise about familial roles of mother, daughter, sister etc., and become a self-conscious individual with full citizenship. They must have the means, capacity, and the consciousness to prioritize her individualistic rights guaranteed by the Constitution as well as international covenants such as CEDAW and UDHR, before the community driven religious, customary and traditional roles and duties. Only then can women gain true equality and the nation can truly progress.
Constitution is the source of all our rights. These rights are owed to us by the State on account of being citizens. However, women, in any society, are often not treated as full citizens and their Constitutional rights remain unrealized. We believe every Indian woman deserve to learn about and utilize their constitutional rights to the fullest potential along with the rights arising out of UDHR and CEDAW. We believe women’s rights and dignity be based on Constitutional and liberal values.
The Feminist Alliance Trust was founded with the motive to work towards creating a just and equitable society, ensure rights and dignity to every woman and non-binary people across class, caste, religion and other intersectional identities, uphold the Constitutional values and strengthen liberal democracy, where all women, men and trans-people have equitable access to the public sphere and the nation’s political consciousness, justice, individual rights and full citizenship.
We believe that feminism is for all and women’s issues is everybody’s issues. If feminism got a bad name it is not the movement’s fault but of those who misused the term. We also believe patriarchal structures, systems and the associated gender-norms impact all individuals including men. Therefore feminism and equal rights activism by women also benefits men.
Lawyer, Journalist, Writer, Photographer. PhD in Women's Studies. Focus area, Women's Safe Access to Internet, Online Trolling, Political Space and Spatial Justice.
One of India's earliest bloggers, featured amongst the top 50 women bloggers in India by Femina Magazine.
Won the TED Fellowship for Blogging and Digital Activism.
Won First Prize in Women's Web Beyond the Doors Photography Awards
Awarded for Feminist Journalism by ICUNR Women’s Day Award 2024
TED Fellow, Three-time TEDx Speaker. Guest Speaker at several Universities in India and UK including King's College London, London College of Communication and Northumbria University
Director, Something Creative
ICUNR International Women’s Day Awardee 2014
President, COWE Delhi Chapter (2023-2025)
Director, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY)
Featured in Femina Magazine as “An Inspiration”
Karmaveer Chakra Awardee (iCONGO & UN Partnership)
Pentagon Excellence Awardee – 2021
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We work from home and also have a shared workspace at We Work.