Tanya D’Lima  is currently a consultant at the World Bank in DC where she works on the Regional Strategy to End Violence in South Asia amongst other gender sensitive programming on youth and conflict in South Asia. She was a main contributor to a book titled Violence Against Women and Girls in South Asia, where she drafted a chapter and conducted research on promising innovations to reduce violence against women and girls in the region.  Tanya is also a co-founder of  ‘The Missing Piece’ a consultancy group providing pro-bono skilled services to non-profits in the DC area. She has a Masters Degree in International Development and Social Change from Clark University.