Asuntha Charles is a senior development and humanitarian professional with over 25 years of experience in management and leadership roles; progressive programme coordination, delivering large-scale transformational change and growth in both development and humanitarian contexts. She is also a human rights and environmental activist who strongly believes in the protection of the environment by seamlessly integrating the instrumental role of women. Empowering children and women so that their voices are heard by the policy makers has been one of her continuous contributions through different roles that she has managed so far.