Meera Khanna
[citation needed] Khanna works in the development sector and focuses on women’s empowerment and capacity building, especially in rural India.[1][3] Under her leadership, the Guild of Service has established and run shelter homes and capacity-building, family counselling, and production centers, as well as schools for children from marginalized communities.She is a trustee of Navdanya, an advisor at the War Widows Association, and a member of the Civil Society Advisory Group under UN Women, India.Khanna also drafted the Resolution on Widows for UN Action, which was presented to the first Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet.Khanna was a speaker at the UN Human Rights Council 42nd session (09/20/2019) as part of the Widows in Crisis and Conflict Panel.