About
Positioned at the Confluence of Juridical Innovation, Global Equity, and Intergenerational Governance
Anoushka Sinha is an internationally acclaimed social entreprneur, human rights advocate and legal reformist, recognized for her contributions to gender equity, educational access, and youth representation on global governance platforms working at the intersection of gender equality, education, youth participation and institutional change. Over more than a decade of advocacy, she has built a body of work spanning grassroots communities, global governance institutions and international policy platforms.
She is the youngest Global Citizen Prize winner, a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree for Education, one of the Economic Times 40 Under 40 (the youngest recipient in history of the prestigious awards), a recipient of The Diana Award which is the highest accolade for social impact awarded to young people by the British Royal Family in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. She has also been recognized and awarded by UN Women and the Ford Foundation as one of 75 inspirational women leaders, and is among the youngest Fellows ever elected to the Royal Society of Arts, London.
Anoushka began advocating for gender equality at the age of ten and went on to build and lead the Anupam Foundation, which is a global, multi-award winning, youth-led, SDG focused non-profit organization advancing access, opportunity and justice through education, girls’ empowerment, youth leadership and climate action. Its initiatives have directly reached more than 525,000 young people, engaged communities across 40+ countries, and created pathways for young people traditionally excluded from education, opportunity and decision-making.
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Her leadership has extended to global institutions including the World Bank’s Solutions for Youth Employment, where she became its youngest advisor ever; she has also held high-level appointments across UNICEF and UNESCO’s Global Youth Community where she has served as Asia's Representative and was selected as the youngest and 1 of the only 5 Young Justice Leaders from around the world at NYU’s Center on International Cooperation at NYU Wagner.
Her work increasingly focuses on moving young people from being consulted by institutions to meaningfully shaping the systems, policies and decisions that affect their lives.
Her work and voice have appeared across international stages and media, including Global Citizen, the United Nations, NASDAQ Times Square, CNBC,NASDAQ, Financial Times,FEMINA and the Times of India.
From grassroots organising in India to contributing to global conversations on rights, development and justice,Anoushka represents a generation of leaders working across sectors to translate lived experience into structural change.
Her Work — Engineering Systemic Change Across Legal, Civic, and Multilateral Ecosystems
Legal & Policy Reform — Advancing rights-based policy, legal literacy and access to justice, with a particular focus on girls, young people and historically underserved communities across the Global South.
Youth-Led Governance — Strengthening youth participation within multilateral and institutional decision-making, and advocating for policies to be shaped with — not merely for — the communities they affect.
Entrepreneurship for Human Rights — Building and scaling a youth-led organisation that translates the Sustainable Development Goals into practical programmes across education, gender equity, civic participation and community innovation.
Narrative Power & Strategic Storytelling — Using media, advocacy and grassroots storytelling to influence how justice, gender, climate and power are understood — and whose experiences are represented in public discourse.
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