Dignity Alliance International (DAI) is a UK-based charity committed to ending violence
against women and children, and all forms of modern slavery across South Asia.
What We Do
DAI invests in those that seek to ensure access to justice for excluded communities and to a more just and equitable society. We support the development of South Asian networks and community leaders that strive to build and grow movements for social justice.
We partner with organisations across South Asia to protect the most vulnerable, to liberate and reintegrate the enslaved, and to prosecute those responsible. We support campaigns that build support for the eradication of violence and slavery.
How we do this
- DAI funds community-based organisations and survivor-led groups to tackle issues of violence against women and children, forced labour and reform the justice system.
- We commission evidence-based research to understand and identify the underlying, unjust systems which perpetuate modern slavery practices and human rights violations across South Asia.
- We invest in the professional development of human rights defenders and lawyers from socially excluded communities to sustain and expand their work.
- We strive to ensure the experience and knowledge of survivors and human rights defenders are reflected in national policy making.
- We are committed to ensuring individuals and organisations document their lived experiences and collaboratively develop strategies and solutions to drive change.
- We commission or support projects as per our program cycle, further details will be updated on the website. We don't accept unsolicited applications or proposals for support.
Reports & Publication
Sexual Violence in South Asia report focuses on the problems that women and girls face while accessing the criminal justice system. Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan shares Sexual Violence in South Asia report with various departments Read more
Physical vaginal tests are still used to determine whether women and girls have been raped. Read More
Survivors face threats, pressure to settle out of court and obstacles to justice from systems rife with implementation failures. Read More
Managing Board
Hisham Mundol
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Hisham Mundol is the Chief Advisor, India for Environmental Defense Fund, for operations in India. He started his career in sales, marketing and consulting with Hindustan Unilever, WorldTel, Accenture & Infosys. He subsequently moved to the development sector where he led the National Condoms Programme for the Indian Government’s National AIDS Control Organisation and later set up operations in South Asia for Wikimedia Foundation promoting projects like Wikipedia. Most recently, he led the work of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation in India (across health, nutrition, adolescence, education, girls’ & women’s rights and livelihoods, child protection, and climate change.)
Coen Kompier
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Coen Kompier is Senior Specialist International Labour Standards, International Labour Office. He completed his Masters in International Law and International Relations from the University of Groningen, Netherlands. In 1994, he joined the International Labour Office, with short stints at
ILO headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland) and its international training centre in Turin (Italy). Later her worked in ‘field’ positions in West and East Africa, and 16 years in South Asia where New Delhi was his home. He specializes in international labour standards, fundamental labour rights and human rights issues. He worked in more than fifty countries with state representatives, trade unions, business associations, and many other relevant actors in the world of work. He has also contributed to several publications dealing with exclusion and labour exploitation. He is currently based in Egypt, operating in North Africa and the Horn of Africa.
Julian Parr
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Julian has held senior regional management posts with the BBC, the UN, Oxfam GB and the CGIAR Group across Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India. His specialisms lie in corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, labour law in the informal sector and macro-economic issues in transitioning economies.
Katie Davies
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Katie Davies is Program Manager at Ignite Philanthropy: Inspiring the End to Violence Against Girls and Boys, where she leads the Strategic Networks initiative, which convenes and supports regional and global networks working in the field to end sexual violence against children. Prior to joining Ignite Philanthropy in 2018, Katie served for over 6 years at Stars Foundation, a UK-based funder investing in grassroots organisations working to strengthen children’s rights. Katie has also worked in a consultancy role supporting philanthropists to shift their investment strategies towards systems-change approaches and started her career in a policy and advocacy role at Oxfam Cymru (Wales), focused on domestic poverty and inequality. She holds an MA in International Development and Planning and a BSc (Hons) in Economics, both from the University of Sheffield, and is working towards completing an MSc in Grantmaking, Philanthropy and Social Investment from Bayes Business School (City, University of London).
Sam Tiwari
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Sam has worked with a wide range of Civil Society and International Development Organizations in the UK and India, empowering them to mobilize resources from and build transformational partnerships with Institutions and Individuals, including Governments, Financial Institutions, Foundations, Philanthropists and Investors. In her career spanning sixteen years in diverse cultural contexts, Sam has worked across sectors such as Microfinance, Education, Humanitarian Aid and Sexual and Reproductive Health. She currently heads up the external engagement with foundations and private donors at MSI Reproductive Choices.