Meera Malek

Education: BA in Psychology

Experience: 24 years of work in social development sector

Achievement: International Service Human Rights Award, 2010

Meera Malek Meera Malek began her engagement with social work from the urban slums of Ahmedabad city. She founded the Centre for Development (CfD) in 1996 and continues to lead the organization till June-2025. Her endeavours spanning three decades have been in sectors such as Community Health, Child Rights and Protection, Violence Against Women, Empowering Adolescent Girls and Promotion of Peace and Harmony. Her significant contribution was in three thematic areas: (i) Peace building in conflict situations, (ii) Protection and education of children (particularly single mother girls) who are pushed into hazardous labour and abusive situations, (iii) Empowerment of women to victims of domestic violence and abuse. Since 2012 she was more involved in educational and life skill programme for adolescent girls. Since 2014 she was mentoring new leadership in CfD till 2025.