The Gender Community is comprised of:

• Community "Facilitators" - UNIFEM and UNICEF play the role of Community Convener
• A "Resource Team" - the Resource Person and Community Moderator, supported by a Research Associate, who manage the Community interactions, organize the production of Consolidated Replies and other knowledge products, and support Community activities, both over the electronic network and in organizing face-to-face events
• A "Resource Group" representing key organizations and agencies working on gender equality and women’s empowerment in India, whose role is to establish the Community’s priorities, provides the Community with guidance, direction and support, commission collaborative work ("Action Groups") to tackle key challenges, and to evaluate performance and impact
• Community members

Community Facilitators

Chandni Joshi, Regional Program Director, UNIFEM South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi
Ezio Giovani Murzi,  Representative,  UNICEF, New Delhi 

Resource Team

Resource Person: Malika Basu
Malika comes to us with over 15 years of experience in research, evaluation, and policy analysis, especially focussing on gender, covering issues of participation and inclusion of marginalized communities, women’s empowerment, self help groups, livelihoods, development induced displacement and related problems . She has a MA in Political Science (JNU) and did her PhD in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague/The Netherlands.
 
Research Associate: Position Vacant

Resource Group Members

• Dr. A.B Ota, Director, Tribal Research and training Institute, Bhubaneswar
• Ms. Uma Prakash, Adviser, Department of Women and Child Development, Uttrakhand
• Ms. Nirmala Buch, Chairperson, Mahila Chetna Manch,  Bhopal, MP
• Ms. Pam Rajput, Chairperson, Women Resource &Advocacy Centre, Chandigarh
• Dr. Ramesh Awasthi, Founder, Masum, Pune, Maharastra
• Ms. Shruti Gonsalvez, Manager Capacity Building, FWWB, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Ms. Manju Agarwal, Director, PATH, Lucknow, UP
• Ms. Jamuna Puruchuru, Gender Adviser, Government of Andhra Pradesh, SERP, Hyderabad, AP   
• Ms. A Krishna Kumari, Faculty Member, Lal Bahadur Sashtri Academy, Mussorrie,Uttrakhand
• Ms. Anagha Sarpotdar, Gender Adviser, India Center for Human Rights and Law
• Ms. Smita Premchander, Director, Sampark , Bangalore, Karnataka
• Ms. V. Prameela, Member, Sampark, Bangalore, Karnataka
• Mr. Rahul Banerjee, President, AAROHI, Indore
• Mr. Jata Shankar, Chairman, Cross Border Trafficking, Gorakhpur, UP
• Ms. Shakuntala Sengupta, Program Officer, Skill Share Int.
• Ms. Sarala Gopalan, Vice President, AIWFA, New Delhi
• Mr. Mathew Cherian, Director General, Helpage India, New Delhi
• Ms. Benita Sharma, Consultant, IFES, New Delhi
• Ms.Tenzing Choesang, Executive Officer, Lawyers Collective, New Delhi
• Ms. Gouri Chowdhury, Chairperson, Action India, New Delhi
• Ms. Asmita Basu, Adviser, Lawyers Collective, New Delhi
• Mr. Steve Glovinsky, Adviser, Coordination Unit, Solution Exchange- Knowledge Management Partnership Project, UN
• Mr. Anand Kumar, Coordinator, Solution Exchange- Knowledge Management Partnership Project, UN
• Mr. Alok Srivastava, Resource Person-Decentralization Community, Solution Exchange- Knowledge Management Partnership Project, UN
• Ms. Sumeeta Banerji, Head of Governance, UNDP, New Delhi  
• Ms. Chandni Joshi, Regional Program Director,  UNIFEM, South Asia Regional Office
• Ms. Archana Tamang, Regional Program Coordinator,  UNIFEM, South Asia Regional Office
• Ms. Karuna Bishnoi, Communication Officer, UNICEF
• Ms. Nalina Jiwnani, Director, Bahai Office of Advancement of Women, Delhi
• Ms. Kumud Sharma, Consultant, CWDS, Delhi
• Ms. Shivani Bhardwaj, Director, SAHTI all for Partnership
• Ms. Meenakshi Kathel, Gender Analyst, UNDP