Dr Aparajita Gogoi is the Executive Director of Centre for Catalyzing Change (formerly CEDPA India). She is a political scientist with over 24 years of experience in programming and advocacy for health and rights, advocacy campaigns, and defining approaches and strategies for policy issues. An advocate for safe motherhood, she believes that surviving childbirth is every woman's fundamental right. She holds a PhD (International Politics) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and has featured in The Guardian's 2011 list of the world’s 100 most inspiring women.