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Vijaya Nidadavolu is a passionate advocate for gender equality and women rights with over two decades of multi-country experience. She has lived and worked across South and Southeast Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, and has been a part of initiatives in the MENA and Mesoamerica regions. Vijaya brings a dual skillset: a deep conceptual understanding of the drivers of gender inequality with context-specific experience; and a skillset in designing and delivering campaigns, advocacy and knowledge management strategies. In India, she converted the first household evidence base on domestic violence into a policy engagement strategy that was instrumental in a deterrent law being passed in parliament; in Myanmar, Vijaya led the first public campaign on justice that reached over 20 million people. She has provided expert, advisory and technical services to INGOs, UN agencies and regional and global network organisations, and bilateral and multilateral programmes. Vijaya has been a part of senior leadership teams in INGOs and organisations with multi-country programmes. She nurtures teams around passion and purpose.