E7: Oisika Chakrabarti at UN Women on ending gender based violence globally

Oisika Chakrabarti, Acting Chief of Communications and Advocacy for UN Women, joins Mad Influence from her home in New Jersey to talk about her 16 years at the United Nations and her current role working towards gender equality. She explains how growing up and studying in India inspired her deep interest in social justice, along with her early roles in TV reporting and filmmaking. We discuss partnering with Netflix, reaching 1 billion people with the Generation Equality campaign, and putting up billboards highlighting the shocking types of violence that are still legal in many countries. We also talk about the 6 month programme that some high profile celebrities go through before working with UN Women, and why grassroots campaigners are just as important as the valuable support that comes from Nicole Kidman and Emma Watson. 

You can find out more about all the work that Oisika and her team do at www.unwomen.org, @unwomen on Instagram and Facebook and @UN_Women on Twitter.

You can also find Oisika on all the usual social media platforms.

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