Mallika Dutt Biography

Mallika Dutt is the founder, president, and CEO of Breakthrough International, a worldwide human rights organization, and one of today's most inventive, recognized, and effective cultural leaders. Through a strong blend of passionate multimedia campaigns, cutting-edge pop culture, savvy social media, and real on-the-ground community involvement, Dutt has revolutionized the delivery of social and behavioral change. Her innovative approach has won her praise from the international human rights community, the media and entertainment sector, and the technological community. Dutt's zealous entrepreneurial approach and uncanny ability to spot the cultural arc's leading-edge have motivated millions to take risks. Those who have been affected by Breakthrough's work are inspired to bring the principles of dignity, equality, and justice into their own homes and communities, even if it means confronting firmly held customs and attitudes. As a result, Breakthrough raises people's lives in the United States, India, and elsewhere to a higher, more just, and peaceful plane. Dutt's Breakthrough program places cutting-edge media tools and technology in the hands of individuals and communities, encouraging them to tell their transformational experiences and providing empowerment, knowledge, and opportunity to a new generation of leaders on the fringes. Breakthrough's campaigns are both challenging and inspiring. Breakthrough's highly visible television ads and fundamentally transformational community education programs on violence against women, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS in India have touched millions of people and generated an unprecedented national conversation on women's rights in India. What Kind of Man Are You? was a multimedia campaign that raised awareness about HIV/AIDS transmission within marriage; Is This Justice? was a multimedia campaign that raised awareness about the stigma and discrimination faced by women living with HIV/AIDS, and Bell Bajao was an award-winning multimedia and community education campaign that urged men and boys to stop domestic violence. With Ba Ki-moon as its first worldwide ambassador, Bell Bajao is now going global. Breakthrough's innovative campaigns and tools for teaching democracy and justice in the United States include America 2049, a transmedia Facebook game that explores assumptions about racial justice, human rights, migration, and democracy; I'm Here, an urgent, participatory call to action for immigrant women's rights; and Restore Fairness, a comprehensive multimedia initiative that highlights the human rights impact of current U.S. policies on immigration, criminal, and racial policies. Dutt has received several honors and holds an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Mount Holyoke College. She has also served on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Human Rights, the Open Society Institute's U.S. Programs, Human Rights Watch's Women's Rights Project, and WITNESS. She sits on the steering committees of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Games for Change Advisory Board, and the Rights Working Group. SAKHI for South Asian Women is one of her co-founders. Dutt began her legal career at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as an associate. She graduated from NYU Law School, Columbia University's Master of International Affairs and South Asian Studies program, and Mount Holyoke College's A.B. in International Affairs program.

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