Savini Ganhewa joined the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security as a Policy Research Fellow in February 2018. Prior to moving to New York, she worked in Sri Lanka at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies as a researcher and program officer, where she analyzed factors impacting livelihoods of primarily Tamil female heads of households in the post-war context of Sri Lanka. She has previously been one of The Asia Foundation’s Lankacorps Fellows where she completed a placement at the Centre for Poverty Analysis in Sri Lanka. Savini has extensive experience creating inclusive, educational and creative spaces for and with diverse communities; most recently co-creating an art and performance space called “Alt Ctrl Shift” centering femmes, women, LGBTIQ local community members in Sri Lanka. Savini has dual degrees in Ethnic Studies and Political Science from UC San Diego.