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    Rituparna (they/she) is a queer rights activist and storyteller from Assam working at the intersection of education and gender justice. She is the founder and director of Akam Foundation and played a key role in establishing the Chandraprabha Saikiani Feminist Library & Resource Centre. Rituparna currently serves as the associate vice chairperson of the State Transgender Welfare Board, Assam, and represents Northeast India on the National Council for Transgender Persons, Government of India.


    Areas of expertise

    Gender, feminist participatory facilitation, transgender rights, library education, storytelling


    Currently working at

    Akam Foundation


    Articles by Rituparna Neog

    The image features an event from Akam Foundation's No More Holding My Pee campaign. The author, Rituparna, is joined by 2 other people and they are holding a sign with the text, 'No More Holding My Pee. We demand for gender neutral toilet and choice-based uniform in educational institutions'._Queer inclusion
    Diversity & Inclusion
    June 4, 2025
    Queer and trans inclusion must be structural, not symbolic
    Despite growing discourse on inclusion, queer and trans people are still systemically excluded from institutions, livelihoods, and decision-making spaces.
    by Rituparna Neog | 7 min read
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