CREA STAFF

Geetanjali Misra, Executive Director
Geetanjali is a co-Founder and Executive Director of CREA. She has worked at the activist, grant making and policy levels on issues of sexuality, reproductive health, gender, human rights and violence against women. She was the Sexuality and Reproductive Health Program Officer at the Ford Foundation where she worked on issues of HIV/AIDS, sexuality, violence against women and research and advocacy relating to reproductive freedom. She is a co-Founder of Sakhi for South Asian women in New York, a non-profit organization committed to ending violence against women of South Asian origin. She is on the Board of Directors of Reproductive Health Matters and Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice, Women’s Dignity Project, President of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), and recently co-edited Sexuality, Gender and Rights: Exploring Theory and Practice in South and South East Asia (2005).

Shalini Singh, MANAGER Programs
Shalini is a trained counsellor, with a background in social sciences and law. Her previous work experience includes counselling, training on women and law, domestic violence, child sexual abuse and sexual harassment at the workplace. Before joining CREA she served as Assistant Director of the Women’s Justice Initiative, a program of the Human Rights Law Network, New Delhi. At CREA, she coordinates various aspects of the Community Based Leadership Program including training and developing publications in Hindi.

Sunita Kujur, MANAGER Programs
Sunita is a postgraduate in Social Work from the University of Delhi. She has worked for over ten years on issues of sexuality, gender, health and rights. Sunita has been a counselor on sexuality issues with the helpline at TARSHI, New Delhi, has brought out publications on sexuality for young people and has conducted sexuality education sessions in schools and colleges. Sunita has also developed community-based projects and done policy advocacy at Swaasthya, a Delhi based organization working on reproductive and sexual health with women and adolescent girls. At CREA, she coordinates the Young Women’s Feminist Leadership and Advocacy Institute and the work with Central Asian activists. She also works on the global advocacy project at the Human Rights Council and across programs.

S. Vinita, manager programs
Vinita holds an M.A. in social work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and is currently pursuing a diploma in Human Rights Law. Previously, she was working with CARE India as a Field Officer in Project SAKSHAM, which works with populations vulnerable to HIV / AIDS and promotes their abilities to realize basic human rights. At CREA, she works with the Community Based Leadership Program.

Caroline Earle, Program coordinator
Based in the New York office, Caroline works for CREA in development, administration, communication and U.S. and global programs, including the Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute and the Know Your Rights and Resources Initiative. She received an M.A. in early childhood and elementary education and a B.A. in social anthropology. After teaching for six years she joined CREA in 2004.

Asma Saleem, Senior Program Associate
Asma, with a background in literature and journalism, has worked on the various aspects of clash of tradition and modernity in the Indian Muslim society, with special focus on the changing attitudes of Muslim women and youth. As the head of Charkha Urdu Feature Service, she pioneered development journalism in Urdu. She has also taken a lead in spreading awareness and promoting participation in democratic and secular processes, with particular emphasis on the emergence of subaltern forces and marginalized groups like women in Muslim society. Sahitya Akademi and Penguin India have published her translations of Punjabi and English works into Urdu.

Chaitali Bhatia, Senior Program Associate
Chaitali is a postgraduate in Social Work from the Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune. Prior to CREA she worked on reproductive and sexual health issues with women and adolescent girls at Swaasthya, a Delhi based organisation and Parivar Seva Sanstha, a national level NGO. At CREA, she works on a project that aims at building capacities on sexuality, gender and rights and feminist leadership of activists and organisations in Central Asia and across programs.

Diksha Dubey, manager Financial operations
Diksha holds Masters degrees in commerce and in business administration with specialization in Finance. She came to CREA with six years of experience in administrative and financial coordination working with international reproductive health NGOs such as INTRAHealth International Inc. At CREA, she manages the administrative and financial coordination of all CREA programs, ensuring that the organization’s financial and legal duties are fulfilled.

Rambishnu Sasmal, finance Officer
Rambishnu holds Masters degrees in Commerce and in Business Administration with specialization in Finance. He also holds a Diploma in Financial Accounting System (DFAS). He is a qualified accountant, specialized in financial management in the development sector. Before joining CREA he worked with Partners for Law in Development, a Delhi-based NGO.

Aditi Gogia
Aditi has a Masters degree in Commerce with specialization in Accountancy. Prior to joining CREA, she was working as an Executive Assistant to the Team Leader (Adolescent Cell) in UNFPA. At CREA, she assists the Executive Director in addition to providing administrative support.

Lukas, Office Assistant
Lukas assists with office administration and dissemination of CREA publications. Before joining CREA he studied English typing. He is pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Arts from the University of Delhi and developing his computer skills.

dulal das, housekeeper
Dulal handles housekeeping and general office maintenance.