SHAGUN SHARMA (she/her)
Country: India
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Meaningful young programming, engagement & representation, Gender Equity, Comprehensive Sexuality Education(CSE), Mental Health, Intersectionality of SRH & Mental Health, Youth-led Change, Women in Mobility, Human-centred Design for Change, International Development, Community Engagement & Development, SDGs, Meaningful Volunteerism, Addressing Online Hate Speech, Power Shifting Philanthropy & Funding for Youth, Partnerships for Youth.
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Shagun is a 23-year-old from Delhi, India. By profession, she is joining Restless Development India as a Youth Engagement Officer. In the past, she has worked with Sattva Consulting as an Analyst and KPMG as an Audit Associate. By passion, she wears multiple hats. She is working as an Asia Regional Co-Leader with Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, as a Country Ambassador (India) with Peace First, as a Youth Panelist with Global Youth Mobilization Fund, as an Advisor with Vrikshit Foundation, as a co-founder of Dignity in Difference Project (under ALLY Fellowship) and as a Campaign Incubatee with Haiyya.
She has been #ConstantlyVolunteering with several groups since 2017. She has experience working with organizations such as CrossBow Miles, Project FUEL, and Girl Effect India. Her most enriching experience has been with Restless Development where she mobilized youth and conducted community research on SRH and GBV. Using her learnings, she is, also, building a project that uses tech to simplify CSE for Indian youth.
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In 2022, Shagun represented Restless Development at Global Goals Week in Expo 2020 Dubai alongwith other platforms earlier. She is, also, an accredited Mental Health First Aider. She loves to do brush pen calligraphy in her leisure time.