Sharanya Sekaram

Sharanya Sekaram is an independent policy and advocacy consultant focused on gender and based in Sri Lanka. She us currently focused on gender-based violence, resourcing women and girl-led organizations, and VAWG in humanitarian and emergency contexts. Sharanya holds an LLB (Hons) from Staffordshire University and a Masters in Conflict and Peace Studies from the University of Colombo, she is also currently reading for a Post-Graduate Diploma leading to an MA in Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colombo. She is passionate about the democratization of information and resources, as well as access to networks and spaces and is currently working with the Coalition of Feminists for Social Change, (COFEM) as their Advocacy Consultant and with VOICE as their Regional Technical Lead for South Asia. You can find Sharanya on Twitter @sharasekaram and on her blog”