Women, Power, Food
Ashka Naik is a public policy expert and a social scientist with more than two decades of international experience in the analysis of power structures, food and climate justice movements, corporate accountability policies, politics of global health, multilateral negotiations, and women’s rights. Naik has served in leadership roles at several civil society organizations, and has been deeply engaged with social movements on food, women, peace, and democracy. She contributes as an advisor, expert, invited faculty, and through board leadership to a multitude of policy discourses on food systems, power, public health, and political accountability. She has worked closely with the WHO and the UN system on the issues of food justice, gender, governance, and accountability. Naik’s doctoral work has focused on the intersection of food security, power, and women’s rights in South Asia. Her work has been covered by media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Al Jazeera, and academic platforms such as Stanford Social Innovation Review, World Nutrition, and Development.
