{"id":1189,"date":"2025-07-20T08:20:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/?page_id=1189"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:29:12","slug":"meet-our-managing-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/?page_id=1189","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Managing Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1-600x849.jpg 600w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1-1200x1698.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MC-1.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Asia Wojtarowicz<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5ec8607e61da32f7e93a393491f952a7\">Founder | Executive Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia Wojtarowicz is a cultural anthropologist, political scientist, and project manager with extensive experience in human rights, humanitarian law, and intercultural integration. She has managed and contributed to numerous projects for NGOs in Germany and Poland, focusing on migration, anti-discrimination, education, and the empowerment of women, girls, and marginalised communities. Her background also includes hands-on humanitarian work supporting refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Executive Director of AFRIW, Asia coordinates themes including feminist foreign policy, peace and conflict, and social justice advocacy. She is passionate about building inclusive communities, developing educational programs, and strengthening civil society through research and practical engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-secondary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:j.wojtarowicz@afriw.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SG-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SG-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SG-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SG-1.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saravanan Ganesan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ec52e06d6a15b89b8cf46c3cc20b0d04\">Founder | Communication and Partnerships Lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A seasoned International Relations professional, Saravanan Ganesan has worked with various Indian &amp; German ministries and departments to oversee multiple projects that strengthened Indo-German ties and promoted cross-border cooperation. He holds a Master&#8217;s degree in European Studies and an LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from Europa-Universit\u00e4t Viadrina, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His portfolio in AFRIW encompasses migration policy, human trafficking, anti-discrimination, and gender equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-secondary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:s.ganesan@afriw.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"campaignId":"","featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1321,"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1189\/revisions\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}