Shubha Chacko

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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. In April 2025, she relinquished her role as the director and handed over charge to a new director Bhavani. However, she remains on the board of the foundation. [3] [4]

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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. [5]

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. [6] [7] She headed many NGOs, including Sangama, Aneka [8] and Solidarity Foundation and supported in nurturing and developing sexual minority and sex worker community based organisations and collectives for over 25 years. [9] [10] From 2013, she is the executive director of Solidarity Foundation. [11] [12] 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. [13] [14] [15] She has been an invited speaker at many international conferences and published many reports. [16] [17] [18] She has been instrumental in bringing jogappas into the mainstream and has supported a musical event with renowned T. M. Krishna. [19] 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. [20]

Honours

On 25 April 2024, she was appointed to the board of Global Fund Community Foundation. [21]

Awards

She received the Times Ascent Award as global diversity leader at the World HRD Congress, Mumbai 2017. [22]

References

  1. ↑ Sanotra, Nikhita. "Shubha Chacko: Fighting for Equal Rights of LGBT & Sex Worker Communities, for Nearly Two Decades". www.shethepeople.tv. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  2. ↑ Chacko, Shubha (2001). "Changing the stream: backgrounder on the women's movement in India". kalnet.kshec.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  3. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubha-chacko-099371b7/?originalSubdomain=in
  4. ↑ "Our Team | Solidarity Foundation". www.solidarityfoundation.in. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  5. ↑ "Global Webinar – Comprehensive Approach: Transgender Inclusive Workplaces in India". Out & Equal. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  6. ↑ Sindwani, Namrata (2023-10-18). "Activists vow to continue fight after SC ruling on same-sex marriage". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  7. ↑ Panchanadeswaran, Subadra; Vijayakumar, Gowri; Chacko, Shubha; Bhanot, Andy (2016). "Unionizing sex workers: The Karnataka experience" . Studies in Law Politics and Society. 71: 139–156. doi:10.1108/S1059-433720160000071007. ISBN   978-1-78635-040-4. ISSN   1059-4337.
  8. ↑ "Diversity summit seeks to build sensitivity". The Times of India. 2013-01-16. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  9. ↑ "An Interview with Activist Shubha Chacko: Privacy and Sex Workers — The Centre for Internet and Society". editors.cis-india.org. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  10. ↑ "Gender and sexual minorities face restricted access to physical, natural and financial capital, finds study". The Hindu. 2023-07-05. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  11. ↑ "Shubha Chacko joins the GFCF board". Global Fund for Community Foundations. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  12. ↑ "Re-Link - Shubha Chacko, Author, Founder & Chief Inclusion Officer". Re-Link. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  13. ↑ 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. 17 (12): 3596–3610. doi:10.1080/17441692.2022.2124531. ISSN   1744-1692.
  14. ↑ Panchanadeswaran, Subadra; Chacko, Shubha; Hwahng, Sel; Rahill, Guitele; Joshi, Manisha; Manasi, Ardra (2022-09-30), "They assume by having sex, they are a husband": How Indian Female Sex Workers navigate relationship fluidity and sexual risk, doi: 10.1101/2022.09.28.22280391 , retrieved 2024-05-01
  15. ↑ Vijayakumar, Gowri; Panchanadeswaran, Subadra; Chacko, Shubha (October 2019). "Sex Work, Marginalization, and Activism in India". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 48 (7): 1969–1972. doi:10.1007/s10508-018-1384-3. ISSN   1573-2800. PMID   30617663.
  16. ↑ "Shubha Chacko". Shift The Power 2023. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  17. ↑ https://in.boell.org/sites/default/files/perspectives-asia_4_the_gender_issue_en.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  18. ↑ https://tiss.edu/uploads/files/TISSAR2016Final.pdf Page 17
  19. ↑ "Shubha Chacko Feature Photo Director of NGO Aneka and S..." Times Of India. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  20. ↑ "Pride Café launched in Bangalore". The Indian Express. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2024-05-01.[ permanent dead link ]
  21. ↑ "Shubha Chacko joins the GFCF board - GFCF : GFCF". Global Fund for Community Foundations. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  22. ↑ "Re-Link - Changing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Equation for India Inc". www.business-standard.com. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
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