Sohini has worked in the development sector for 30+ years with a focus on women and empowerment. She has been closely connected to the Women’s Movement in India and co-founded Sanhita Gender Resource Centre — the first of its kind in Eastern India in 1996. Before Breakthrough, she worked with Ashoka Innovators for the Public for 10 years to bring in more women entrepreneurs to the fellowship and on institution building for the organisation in South Asia. She also worked as the India strategy advisor for the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network from 2010-2013. Sohini is a founding member of the Coalition for Good Schools – Voices from the South, a collection of leading practitioners and influencers committed to delivering access to a safe learning environment for children across the Global South. Sohini also represents Breakthrough as the knowledge partner in a consortium to support the global programming of What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale Programme by FCDO, U.K.
EducationHuman RightsPeace and Human RightsSecondary EducationWomen's and Girls' Education
North America, Southeast Asia
