Eesha Pandit is a Houston-based writer, activist and consultant for social justice organizations.

Her writing can be found at The Crunk Feminist Collective, Feministing, The Nation, RH Reality Check, Feministe, Bitch Magazine and In These Times. She has also appeared on numerous TV news outlets including CNN, HLN, MSNBC and Grit TV with Laura Flanders. She is currently a regular contributor to Salon and you can find her reporting and commentary here.

As a consultant, Eesha works with national and international social justice organizations to create, implement and sustain effective programs and impactful communications strategies. Her recent clients include: Provide, Women with a Vision, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, The International Rescue Committee, The NoVo Foundation, The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence, The National Network of Abortion Funds, and The Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program. Find out more about her consulting work here.

Eesha recently served as a Movement Maker Fellow with the Move to End Violence (MEV) Program of the NoVo Foundation. The prestigious MEV fellowship brings together 20 national leaders to make connections across organizations, issues and perspectives in the service of a stronger movement to end violence in our communities.

Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson

Eesha has a long history of non-profit leadership, having worked as Executive Director of Men Stopping Violence, a social change organization dedicated to ending men’s violence against women. She’s also served as as Women’s Rights Manager at Breakthrough, a global human rights organization. At Breakthrough, Eesha worked on the Bell Bajao! (Ring the Bell!) Campaign that asks men and boys to take action, get involved, and help end violence against women. Previously, Eesha served as Director of Advocacy at Raising Women’s Voices (RWV). RWV is a national initiative working to make sure women’s voices are heard and women’s concerns are addressed as policymakers put the new health reform law into action. At RWV, Eesha coordinated a national field network of 22 state-based regional coordinators working to include women’s health access in local, state and national policy efforts. Eesha has also served as Associate Director of Programs at the Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program at Hampshire College, where she coordinated the organization’s New Leadership Networking Initiative and the Reproductive Rights Activist Service Corps. She’s worked with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, and Amnesty International USA’s Women’s Rights Program. Eesha currently serves on the board of the National Network of Abortion Funds. She has a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and an M.A. from the University of Chicago.

Recent and Upcoming 2016 Speaking Events

April 22 - Keynote Address | Gender, Bodies, Technology Conference, Virginia Tech University, Roanoke, VA

February 26 - Queer Political Art in the Wake of H.E.R.O: A Panel Discussion | Art League, Houston, TX

February 17 - Public Interview of Samina Ali on Muslim Women’s Art and Activism | University of Houston, Houston, TX