The profile below is part of the Ms. Blog’s “Telling Her Story” series for Women’s History Month. Check back throughout March for more profiles of women doing great things in their communities. In the jungles and towns of Bastar, India, where the atmosphere is marked by extreme hostility and suspicion, living with fear is the default mode […]
Author: Guneet Kaur
Guneet Kaur is an advocate by profession. She completed her five-year law course from the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur-Chhattisgarh, India and went to UC Berkley to pursue her LLM with a focus on human rights in conflict zones. After completing her LLM, Guneet returned to India and worked as a lawyer with the Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group in Bastar. Since 2015, Guneet has been practicing law on a varied range of issues at various legal forums including the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi.