About
Kavitha Emmanuel
Dr. Kavitha Emmanuel is a transformational leadership trainer, coach, and activist advocating for the equality of all people. Her voice and work primarily highlight the need for equity for women and the need to end colourism in all contexts.
She is passionate about being the voice for the vulnerable especially women and girls because of which she initiated the Women of Worth movement working for justice, equality and change for adolescent girls and women. She spearheaded the Girl Arise campaign which reaches out to adolescent girls rescued from human trafficking, abuse and abandonment bringing them renewed hope and life.
Her unique contribution in the sphere of being the voice for gender equity is in exploring proactive solutions to addressing the cultural sanctioning of violence and discrimination against women and girls in India.
She launched the Dark is Beautiful campaign in March 2009 to address the toxic belief that a person’s worth is measured by the colour of their skin.
The campaign went viral on social media in 2013. Though the campaign was originally meant to address the problem of Colourism in India, it garnered support and attention across the globe since its launch and continues to gather momentum every year. Ms. Emmanuel has appeared in multiple media interviews in over 30 countries since the launch of the campaign. The campaign motivated the initiation of several research papers on Colourism in leading universities like Harvard. The cascading impact of the campaign continues to grow across the globe with channels like HBO Vice, NPR, Al Jazeera, Netflix, and CNN continuing to highlight the work of the Dark is Beautiful campaign.
Coaching
She is a member of the International Association of Coaching and facilitates the IAC India Chapter
Training
Visit anushya.in to know more about training initiatives she is involved in.