Indira Jaising

INDIRA JAISING is a pioneering lawyer and human rights ativist known for her work on gender justice, labour rights and constitutional freedoms in India. A senior advocate at the Supreme Court, she became the first woman to serve as Additional Solicitor General of the country (2009-14). She also served as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (2009-12) and was instrumental in drafting the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

Jaising is a co-founder of the Lawyers Collective, an organization that has played a major role in advancing public interest litigation and rights-based advocacy in India, and a co-founder of The Leaflet, an independent digital platform for critical analysis of legal issues. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2005. In 2018, Fortune magazine named her one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders.