Sarah Khan

Sarah Khan

Biography

Sarah Khan, Senior Project Specialist at the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV). Sarah has a longstanding passion for grassroots activism, domestic violence advocacy, and community education and empowerment, with close to 20 years of working in the field. After 9-11,she intentionally chose to work at the intersection of race and gender justice to concretely reduce the vulnerability of immigrants, refugees and other marginalized groups. Her passion is fueled by breaking silos and encouraging herself and others to address intersectionality in their work by addressing root causes of gender-based violence.   Since 2014, she managed all aspects of the Culturally Specific Services Program (CSSP) project, including intensive targeted TA, and conducted site visits and training on cultural competency. Before that, she led it’s economic security program, Building Economic Security Together, a pilot project designed to build the financial capability for survivors of South Asian survivors of domestic violence. As the former Executive Director at Maitri, an agency working with South Asian survivors of violence, she built a volunteer agency with institutionalized financial and other policies and procedures;   While residing in Santa Clara County, she was a Commissioner on the Santa Clara County’s Domestic Violence Council, as the Vice Chair of Administration and the Commissioner of Immigrant Voices, working at the County level on various policies’ that affect survivors of domestic violence.  As part of the Immigrant and Survivor Committee, she worked with other committee members on the language access protocols of the different police departments . She has a BA in History (Hons.), an MA in Political Science and an M. Phil in International Relations from New Delhi, India.   Known for- Gender Based Violence Category- Non-profit and  Women Rights   Photo Attributed To http://gender.stanford.edu/events/south-asian-women-bay-area-and-work-maitri

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