Meera Vijayann

Class of 2017

Meera Vijayann is an independent journalist based in Washington DC who covers gender rights and development. As an activist, she works closely with +SocialGood, an initiative by the United Nations Foundation, and the international youth-led organization, Youth to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Her work has been published in several leading publications that include Open Democracy, The Huffington Post, CNN, The Deccan Herald, Forbes, and the Guardian. She was the recipient of the CNN IBN Citizen Journalist Award in 2013 for her reportage on the aftermath of the Delhi Rape case. She has a Master’s degree from the University of Leeds.

Clippings

  • 2017
  • Bustle

With Zero Help From Betsy DeVos, Here’s How Campus Bartenders Are Fighting Rape Culture

  • 2017
  • TVO

Helping traumatized Yazidi refugees requires a different kind of care

  • 2017
  • Quartz

Foreign medical students learn today how much America wants them

  • 2017
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2017
  • CIUT 89.5 FM

TIME ZONES

  • 2017
  • CBC

‘It was very hard’: Learning English a struggle for Syrian refugees, and support not always there