Roshini Thinakaran

Consultant, Explorer, Filmmaker, Foodie, Producer, World traveler

A National Geographic Emerging Explorer and TED Global Fellow, Roshini's work for the past six years has focused on researching and documenting the lives of women living in conflict and post-conflict zones including Iraq, Liberia, Lebanon and Afghanistan. She established Women at the Forefront in 2005, a multimedia project to examine the impact of war on women and marginalized communities. She has been interviewed by CNN, Fox 5 News and featured in more than half a dozen US and international publications including, National Geographic Magazine, TIME, Newsweek and US News and World Report. In 2010, Roshini and her work will be part of a National Geographic publishing project promoting literacy among adolescent children. Also this year, Women at the Forefront will be partnering with Dickinson University and Point Pedro to launch a scholarship program for women in warzones.

Traveling to parts of the world not featured in travel magazines, providing education resources for women living in areas of the world where information is difficult to access and learning about food

Women at the Forefront, National Geographic Society, sustainable lifestyles

Documentary film writing/producing/directing, Travel and Adventure, War Reporting, women creating change