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'''Geetanjali Misra''' is the co-founder and executive director of [[Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action]], a women's rights and non-governmental organization based in [[New Delhi]]. Geetanjali has worked at an activist, grant-making and policy levels on issues of [[sexuality]], [[reproductive health]], [[gender]], [[human rights]] and [[gender-based violence]]. Presently, she is on the [[Amnesty International]] Gender Task Force, Spotlight Civil Society reference group and a board member of [[Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice]].<ref>[http://www.cordaidpartners.com/rooms/women-and-violence/news/70-indian-defender-of-women-rights-geeta-misra-visits-cordaid From a Cordaid interview]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Recent life and works ==
Misra has taught as an adjunct professor on the intersection of [[LGBT]] issues, [[sexual rights]] and [[public health]] at the [[Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health]]. Before joining CREA, she was program officer for Sexuality and Reproductive Health at the [[Ford Foundation]] in New Delhi and supported non-governmental organizations in [[India]], [[Nepal]], and [[Sri Lanka]], working on sexual and reproductive health and rights. She also co-founded SAKHI for South Asian Women in 1989, a non-profit organization in New York, committed to ending violence against women of South Asian origin. Formerly, she was Chair of the Boards of [[Reproductive Health Matters]] (UK), a global peer reviewed journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights and [[Mama Cash]] (the Netherlands). She was a board member of [[FHI 360]] (USA) and also served as president of the board of the [[AWID]]. In the past, she held several key advisory roles such as being a Member of [[Cordaid]]’s Expert Advisory Group (the Netherlands), served as a core member of the Action Plus Coalition for Rights, Education and Care in HIV/AIDS (India), and was regional and global advisor for Global Fund for Women (USA). She writes on issues of sexuality, gender, and rights, and in 2005, she co-authored ''[[Sexuality, Gender and Rights]]: Exploring Theory and Practice in South and Southeast Asia'' ([[SAGE Publishing|SAGE Publications]]) with [[Radhika Chandiramani]]. The book covers sexuality and rights in South Asia, from education and health services to [[transsexuality]], [[AIDS]] concerns and treatment, and advocacy.<ref>[http://www.bookfinder.com/author/geetanjali-misra/ Bookfinder page] about the work</ref> Misra has also written a number of academic papers on the rights of [[sex workers]] in Asia, including
''Protecting the Rights of Sex Workers: The Indian Experience'', published in 2000 in the [[Harvard School of Public Health]], [[Health and Human Rights]] journal.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4065224?cookieSet=1 JSTOR abstract]</ref> She is also author of ‘The Power of Movements’ published by AWID.

She holds master’s degrees in [[International Affairs]] from [[Columbia University]], US, and in Economics from [[Syracuse University]], US.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.iccwomen.org/ Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice] at iccwomen.org

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