Executive DirectorSHAPE-SEA
Joel Mark Baysa-Barredo (he/him/his; they/them/theirs) considers himself a Southeast Asian queer-feminist academic activist, and is an Obama Foundation Leader for Asia Pacific 2022. They pursued an International Master’s Degree in Human Rights at the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University (Thailand). They are currently the Executive Director of the Strengthening Human Rights and Peace Research/Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia Programme (SHAPE-SEA), a regional programme working to build a culture of human rights and peace through applied research, education, informed policy advocacy, and intersectoral partnerships. Apart from being a member of advisory bodies of regional organizations such as the ASEAN Youth Forum, Joel actively takes part in several international and regional advocacy and academic exercises with the aim of helping realize sexuality-embracing, youth-driven, rights-centered societies.