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Agniva Lahiri


Gender and Age:		Other, 30
Location:		Kolkata, West Bengal
Country of Residence:		India
Languages:		English



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About Me

Being a young development professional based in global south my identity and my risk perception brought me into the world of development. Joining in the small support group for student combating ragging in my college I grew up, organize my self and my community and started understanding the power of participation. In all of my work and analysis the basic is participation and by participation I would like to develop the perspective- the youth perspective. Developing proper community perspective will be the key for progress. I started working with MSM HIV/AIDS intervention program in early 1998 with an understanding that discriminated populations probably have among the most valuable insights on HIV/AIDS. In 2003, I found an organization called People Like Us (PLUS) Kolkata to representing the experiences and realities of marginalized and vulnerable adolescent and young men in India, I also serve as executive coordinator (policy research and Advocacy) in the regional network of young people currently working in 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region on Sexual and reproductive health and rights namely Network of Asia pacific youth and lead various youth delegation at UN and UNESCAP. I have been leading the youth and sexuality, identity, health and rights movement in India and in the region since then. I have been working in the sector over 9 years as activist, trainer, fecilitator and researcher.