Sneha Sharma joined WIEGO in 2022 as Project Manager for childcare work for informal workers. She has been providing technical and managerial support to the project partners in their work around generating solutions for provision of childcare in urban informal workplaces. She works alongside grassroots worker organizations to support their efforts in furthering discussions of childcare provision for workers at the national and local level.
She has also been leading the global advocacy efforts and currently engages with several Early Childhood Development (ECD) platforms and coalitions to promote the issue of childcare for women workers in informal employment.
Prior to her role at WIEGO, she was a technical specialist at International Center for Research on Women and managed research studies across thematic including adolescent empowerment, women’s economic empowerment, public health and family planning. Her research and communication products have been published in The Lancet, Devex, Align Platform and Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) Blog. Sneha holds a Masters degree in development and rural management and has a certification for gender transformative research and evaluation. She is currently based out of New Delhi, India.