Meet Devi Leiper O’Malley
Please welcome Devi Leiper O’Malley as new Co-Coordinator to co-lead FRIDA together with Ruby Johnson!
Devi is a young feminist activist from Cambodia and the United States. For three years, she worked for the Asia Pacific program at the Global Fund for Women. During this time, she also co-founded the Devata Giving Circle, the first Cambodian-American giving circle and continues to support their online communication. Prior to this, Devi supported the start-up of the Women’s Organization and Network for Human Rights Advocacy (WONETHA), the first sex-worker led organization in Uganda. She holds a Master’s in International Development and Management from Lund University in Sweden and a Bachelor’s in Politics and International Relations from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Most recently, she has been consulting for various philanthropic organizations to organize a feminist movement-building conference in Cambodia and participate in resource-mobilization dialogues with feminist activists in Indonesia and the Philippines. This past year, she also launched and began to coordinate a global alumni community for her former school. She is currently based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia as FRIDA’s Co-Coordinator.
You can contact Devi at devi@youngfeministfund.org