Devyanshi Dubey

India

Former Public Sector Consultant, State Governments of India

Eliminating violence against women through targeted interventions to enhance financial independence and personal autonomy.

Devyanshi Dubey is an advocate for gender equality with a proven track record of building systems and effecting policies that drive societal progress. In her role within the state governments of India, she worked across sectors, collaborating with senior bureaucrats and grassroots communities to bring a gender lens to policymaking. Her efforts opened access to government programs for widows and skilling initiatives for unemployed women by fostering public-private partnerships and securing government support. Through targeted interventions and policy advocacy, Devyanshi aims to shift societal attitudes around gender in India. She plans to use her Scholar experience to learn how other countries have integrated a gender lens into policy, leveraging a multi-sector approach. Her immediate goal post-graduation is to establish an organization that works with India’s public and private sector organizations to drive policy change and promote gender equality.