Saritha Irugalbandara

Saritha Irugalbandara leads Hashtag Generation’s efforts on advocacy, and research on online gender-based violence. With over 2 years of experience mapping and analysing OGBV, they spearhead the organisation’s evidence-based approach to preventing and addressing OGBV through research and digital rights, and programmes designing on a range of areas including digital rights and security with an intersectional lens. Their work lies at the intersection of data privacy, freedom of expression, design accountability and transparency, and people.