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Bhagyashri Dengle

Bhagyashri Dengle

Bhagyashri Dengle is regional director, Asia Pacific, at Plan International, and is deeply involved in developing transformational strategies to ensure that girls across the Asia-Pacific are able to learn, lead, decide and thrive through advocacy and gender transformative programmes. She has over 30 years of experience in the areas of Institution building, governance and gender transformative programming.
Bhagyashri Dengle is regional director, Asia Pacific, at Plan International, and is deeply involved in developing transformational strategies to ensure that girls across the Asia-Pacific are able to learn, lead, decide and thrive through advocacy and gender transformative programmes. She has over 30 years of experience in the areas of Institution building, governance and gender transformative programming.
Languages Spoken:
English

There is reason to celebrate as 70 per cent of Asia-Pacific countries showed improvement in opportunities for girls and young women to lead. Despite this progress, girls and women continue to be undervalued and underestimated throughout the region, even in the most developed countries.

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A new global survey shows girls and women are politically engaged, but risk being ignored or not taken seriously by those in power. The world desperately needs more women in politics if systems of government are to truly represent the communities they serve.

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