Dorodi Sharma

International Disability Alliance

Senior Advisor – Advocacy & Strategic Engagement

Presentation

Dorodi Sharma is Senior Advisor – Advocacy & Strategic Engagement at the International Disability Alliance (IDA), where she supports IDA’s advocacy initiatives particularly on new and emerging issues. In the past she also led IDA’s projects on inclusive education and inclusive employment, actively operationalizing innovative ways for meaningful participation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities in development programming. Dorodi has 14 years of experience working with national and international OPDs, with and within the UN on disability inclusion. She holds a masters degree in communication and journalism, and another masters in public policy. She is fluent in English, Hindi, Assamese; understands and speaks Bengali, and has basic proficiency in French. She hails from the north-eastern part of India and has been living in Delhi for over a decade.