Gayatri Patel is the Vice President of External Relations at the Women's Refugee Commission. With nearly 20 years of experience in women's rights and gender equality, Gayatri oversees the organization's policy advocacy and communications. Gayatri previously served as the Director of Gender Advocacy at CARE USA, where she led US government advocacy on feminist foreign policy, women's economic empowerment, gender-based violence, and gender in humanitarian emergencies. Gayatri also spent nearly 10 years advising the US State Department on a variety of human rights and humanitarian issues and served as the Director of Legal Programming at the Africa Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) organization, which provides pro bono legal services to refugees and people seeking asylum in Cairo, Egypt. Gayatri holds a law degree from American University's Washington College of Law with a focus on international human rights and humanitarian law, a masters degree from American University's School for International Service, and a bachelors degree from Mount Holyoke College.
Gayatri Patel is the Vice President of External Relations at the Women's Refugee Commission. With nearly 20 years of experience in women's rights and gender equality, Gayatri oversees the organization's policy advocacy and communications. Gayatri previously served as the Director of Gender Advocacy at CARE USA, where she led US government advocacy on feminist foreign policy, women's economic empowerment, gender-based violence, and gender in humanitarian emergencies. Gayatri also spent nearly 10 years advising the US State Department on a variety of human rights and humanitarian issues and served as the Director of Legal Programming at the Africa Middle East Refugee Assistance (AMERA) organization, which provides pro bono legal services to refugees and people seeking asylum in Cairo, Egypt. Gayatri holds a law degree from American University's Washington College of Law with a focus on international human rights and humanitarian law, a masters degree from American University's School for International Service, and a bachelors degree from Mount Holyoke College.
