Ambica Naithani

Research & Communications Associate

Ambica holds a MA in Gender, Violence, Conflict (International Development), from the University of Sussex, UK  and a BA (Hons) History from Miranda House, University of Delhi.

She has worked as a research facilitator engaging with marginalised perspectives on sexual health and rights with Politics 4 Her, and as a consultant with Gender at Work on a United Nations Development Programme project to mainstream gender across institutional workstreams. Ambica has also served as Communications Lead at TARSHI and as a United Nations Special Procedures Researcher with the International Women’s Initiative.

She was awarded the ALLY Fellowship by the European Union and International Network of Religious Peacebuilders. She has also been a One Future Collective Fellow, a social justice and feminist leadership program.

Her research interests lie in conflict transformation, sexual and reproductive health and rights, peacebuilding, oral traditions, and literature.

Publications

PUBLICATION | Pride Symbols Don’t Substitute Institutional Accountability

July 1, 2026

The cruel irony that queer young adults living in urban cities face today is that…

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