Meera Patel

Biography

Meera currently works to support communications teams to develop their strategies in Ashoka's offices around Europe. She has worked for Ashoka since 2014. Prior to Ashoka, Meera worked on issues around gender based violence and women's equality. Working as a researcher in both a professional and academic capacity her focus was oral histories of violence in migrant communities. She has also worked as a youth worker and a grass roots organiser with women's groups and anti-racism campaigns. Her areas of interest are particularly focussed on empowerment, race and gender politics.