Elsa Marie D’Silva is the Founder of the Red Dot Foundation - SafeCity team in India and the USA. She is an experienced aviation professional who made a career switch in 2013 to the social sector to improve the lives of women, youth, and senior citizens through awareness, interaction, and education.
She is a trained counselor in both the directive and non-directive counseling methods. She is a Yale World Fellow, an Aspen New Voices Fellow, a Vital Voices Lead Fellow, a mentee at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in Business, and an alumna of the Stanford CDDRL, Swedish Institute.
She won the Vital Voices Global Leadership award in 2017, and the Female Entrepreneur Award by European Angel Investor Dusan Stojanovic in July 2015.
"Only in a global movement can we be effective - through learning, sharing, and solidarity - to take on this huge complex social issue. Given the widespread proportions of violence perpetrated globally, it is impossible for any one of us or our organizations to end the violence. But together we are stronger and can inspire global change - we can influence policy, place this important issue front and centre on government agendas and unlock much needed resources to support grassroots work. I am thrilled to be part of this community and movement; I love the cohort who are all inspirational."
How this inspirational social activist gives power to survivors of sexual violence
Read on Tatler AsiaUN chief gives shout out to Indian activist D'Silva for efforts to end gender-based violence
Read on the New Indian ExpressA Year of Impact with the Red Dot Foundation: Mobilizing Communities to Tackle Gender-Based Violence
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