FPAR Academy

Diyana is a feminist activist, researcher, and training facilitator from Malaysia with more than a decade's international experience in advancing women's human rights. Her work spans economic justice, trade justice, gender-based violence, gender and politics, and sustainable development. She has delivered capacity building and training to diverse audiences from activists, educators, Indigenous women, trade unionists and parliamentarians worldwide. Diyana has also produced and authored various research, advocated for policy reform, and strengthened movements' capacity to challenge traditional economic models, with particular focus on the current economic, trade and investment rules. She is passionate about thinking and creating alternative economic and political systems with grassroots communities and social movements.

Trimita is a feminist researcher, organiser, and facilitator from the Indigenous Chakma hill tribe of Bangladesh. She specialises in using FPAR for strengthening social movements and evidence-based policy advocacy across gender, labour, climate/ environmental, and Indigenous People's issues. She has led numerous feminist research projects across Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. With an MA in Asian Women's Studies (Ewha Womans University, South Korea), an MSc in IT Management (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), she is currently pursuing a PhD in Just Transition at Edith Cowan University, Australia, using Eco-FPAR. Trimita is passionate about translating complex social research into accessible campaign materials that drive grassroots action.