Shaonli Chakraborty is a development professional with over 20 years of work experience in various countries in South Asia and Africa. She has led and co-created national and global programmes on womens empowerment and benchmarking on violence prevention in the apparel supply chain. She has co-authored papers and books on gender-based violence gender norms and communications. She has a Masters degree in Environmental Sciences and certificate courses on health and gender. She is Director with the Catalyst Group.