Shubha Chacko Explained

Shubha Chacko (born 26 August 1965) is an Indian feminist and gender-rights activist.[1] [2] She is the founder of Solidarity Foundation, a Bangalore-based not-for-profit organisation. She is also one of the founding board members of Sangama, a gender and sexual minority rights NGO in Bangalore along with Manohar Elavarthi.

Early life and education

Shubha Chacko has her roots in Kerala but is born and resides in Bangalore. She did her schooling at St. Francis Xavier's Girls High School, Frazer Town, Bangalore. Later, she studied at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, and did her master's degree in Social Work at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.[3]

Career

Chacko is one of the few feminist activists who is active fighting for the rights of gender and sexual minorities, and sex workers in India.[4] [5] She headed many NGOs, including Sangama, Aneka[6] and Solidarity Foundation and supported in nurturing and developing sexual minority and sex worker community based organisations and collectives for over 25 years.[7] [8] From 2013, she is the executive director of Solidarity Foundation.[9] [10] She is a researcher interested in macro economics, NGO management, social justice issues including gender and sexual minorities and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals.[11] [12] She has been an invited as a speaker at many international conferences and published many reports.[13] https://in.boell.org/sites/default/files/perspectives-asia_4_the_gender_issue_en.pdf[14] She has been instrumental in bringing jogappas into the mainstream and has supported a musical event with renowned T. M. Krishna.[15] To support LGBTQIA+ community, she came up with the idea of Pride Cafe and Solidarity Foundation partnered with Amadeus and launched the cafe in Bangalore.[16]

Awards

She received the Times Ascent Award as global diversity leader at the World HRD Congress, Mumbai 2017.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sanotra . Nikhita . Shubha Chacko: Fighting for Equal Rights of LGBT & Sex Worker Communities, for Nearly Two Decades . 2024-05-01 . www.shethepeople.tv . en.
  2. Web site: Chacko . Shubha . 2001 . Changing the stream: backgrounder on the women's movement in India . 2024-05-01 . kalnet.kshec.kerala.gov.in . English.
  3. Web site: 2020-05-15 . Global Webinar – Comprehensive Approach: Transgender Inclusive Workplaces in India . 2024-05-01 . Out & Equal . en-US.
  4. Web site: Sindwani . Namrata . 2023-10-18 . Activists vow to continue fight after SC ruling on same-sex marriage . 2024-05-01 . The New Indian Express . en.
  5. Panchanadeswaran . Subadra . Vijayakumar . Gowri . Chacko . Shubha . Bhanot . Andy . 2016 . Unionizing sex workers: The Karnataka experience . Studies in Law Politics and Society . 71 . 139–156 . 10.1108/S1059-433720160000071007 . 1059-4337.
  6. News: 2013-01-16 . Diversity summit seeks to build sensitivity . 2024-05-01 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  7. Web site: An Interview with Activist Shubha Chacko: Privacy and Sex Workers — The Centre for Internet and Society . 2024-05-01 . editors.cis-india.org.
  8. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2023-07-05 . Gender and sexual minorities face restricted access to physical, natural and financial capital, finds study . 2024-05-01 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  9. Web site: Shubha Chacko joins the GFCF board . 2024-05-01 . Global Fund for Community Foundations . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Re-Link - Shubha Chacko, Author, Founder & Chief Inclusion Officer . 2024-05-01 . Re-Link . en-US.
  11. Vijayakumar . Gowri . Panchanadeswaran . Subadra . Chacko . Shubha . Halford . Sarah J. . Subramaniam . Sanjitha . 2022-12-02 . Between pandemics: sex worker, sexual minority, and transgender activism from HIV to COVID-19 . Global Public Health . en . 17 . 12 . 3596–3610 . 10.1080/17441692.2022.2124531 . 1744-1692.
  12. Vijayakumar . Gowri . Panchanadeswaran . Subadra . Chacko . Shubha . October 2019 . Sex Work, Marginalization, and Activism in India . Archives of Sexual Behavior . 48 . 7 . 1969–1972 . 10.1007/s10508-018-1384-3 . 1573-2800 . 30617663.
  13. Web site: Shubha Chacko . 2024-05-01 . Shift The Power 2023 . en-GB.
  14. https://tiss.edu/uploads/files/TISSAR2016Final.pdf Page 17
  15. Web site: Shubha Chacko Feature Photo Director of NGO Aneka and S... . 2024-05-01 . Times Of India . English.
  16. Web site: 2023-01-10 . Pride Café launched in Bangalore . 2024-05-01 . The Indian Express . en.
  17. Web site: 2021-08-16 . Re-Link - Changing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Equation for India Inc. . 2024-05-01 . www.business-standard.com.

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