Neela Ghoshal

Neela Ghoshal is Senior Researcher in the LGBT Rights program at Human Rights Watch. She has worked with Human Rights Watch for ten years: first in the Africa Division, where she focused on political repression, police abuse, justice sector reform, and transitional justice in Burundi and Kenya, and then, since 2012, in the LGBT rights program, where she documents and conducts advocacy on human rights violations related to sexual orientation and gender identity in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Ghoshal worked on access to justice for genocide survivors in Guatemala and on education and criminal justice in New York City. Ghoshal holds a bachelor's in social justice studies from the University of Michigan and a master's in international relations from Yale University. 

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