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Gauri van Gulik
Senior Advisor (Representative), Luminate Strategic Initiatives

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Gauri van Gulik
Senior Advisor (Representative), Luminate Strategic Initiatives
Gauri advises Luminate Strategic Initiatives’ leadership on management, strategy, and impact. She previously led Luminate’s grants and investments in Western Europe.
Gauri brings over 15 years of hands-on experience in human rights, research, international law, strategic communication, women’s rights, European civil society, and refugee rights to her role at Luminate. She was previously Europe Director at Amnesty International, responsible for all research, campaigning, and high-level advocacy on human rights in the region. Prior to her time at Amnesty, she worked as a Global Women’s Rights Advocate and a researcher and advocate in Europe at Human Rights Watch. Gauri started her career in Brussels where she worked in the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee and at Marie Stopes International, where she ran the European Parliament Working Group on Reproductive Health.
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