Vira Mistry

Advocacy and Policy Team Member

Young Feminist Europe

Vira Mistry is an intersectional feminist, international consultant and development professional from India. She has a Masters in International Development and a Masters in International Relations. Her work has focused on the areas of gender, diversity and inclusion and youth participation. She believes in an interdisciplinary approach to her work, with experience in project coordination, research, designing educational material and workshops, grassroots activism and movement building. Through this she seeks to find meaningful and sustainable solutions in the areas of anti-racism, safeguarding, youth participation and gender to address and unpack structures of power._x000D_

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
04:30 pm EEST	06:00 pm EEST	A feminist workplace is possible, she is already on her way Concurrent Room MH 3-2	The session will consist of a combination of storytelling and skills building. Drawing on the Feminist Leadership Labs methodology (see attachment), participants and Read More The session will consist of a combination of storytelling and skills building. Drawing on the Feminist Leadership Labs methodology (see attachment), participants and facilitators will come together to dream, experiment and co-create bold and practical solutions for transforming our organisations and movements and truly embrace and bring feminist leadership into life. The facilitation approach will encourage moonshot thinking, allowing for vulnerability, mistakes and learning as means to powering a feminist leadership vision beyond this space. We will follow a non-hierarchical, inclusive and interactive approach, incentivizing knowledge sharing and co-creation with and by participants. Session format: A combination of storytelling and skills building. Organized by Young Feminist Europe & Plan International Read Less Speakers Tinotenda Hondo Global Gender Equality Specialist Plan International Vira Mistry Advocacy and Policy Team Member Young Feminist Europe Chandreyi Guharay Advocacy & Policy Co-Coordinator Young Feminist Europe (YFE)