Smruti Behera

As the former CREA Program Coordinator – Sexuality and Disability | Community Radio (India), Smruti handled the coordination and implementation of CREAte Fellowships. At CREA, Smruti supported the implementation of CREA’s regional Disability, Sexuality and Rights Online Institute along with other programmatic work within the Disability and Sexuality team. Previously, Smruti worked on CREA’s India-based community programs,”Meri Panchayat Meri Shakti” and a network of women headed grassroot NGOs called “Ibtida”.

She is a postgraduate in development studies and has previously worked with organizations like PRADAN, PHRN, Save The Children and has largely worked with marginalized women collectives. Smruti has received and imparted multiple training on gender equality, power structures and hierarchy, patriarchy, domestic violence, engendering livelihood, rights and entitlements of women, leadership and psycho-social well-being of women. Smruti is currently a Senior Program Officer at Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW).