{"id":412,"date":"2024-01-21T03:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T03:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/?page_id=412"},"modified":"2025-07-20T07:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T07:28:20","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/?page_id=412","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Managing Team:"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"412\" class=\"elementor elementor-412\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43b3c4e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43b3c4e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53272c00\" data-id=\"53272c00\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266bbc03 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"266bbc03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 24% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-605 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JW-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JW-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JW-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JW.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(18.959px, 1.185rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.15), 30px);\"><strong>Joanna Wojtarowicz<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">Founder | Executive Director<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"692\">Joanna 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<p data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"1001\">As Executive Director of AFRIW, Joanna coordinates themes such as feminist foreign policy, peace and conflict, and advocacy for social justice. She is passionate about building inclusive communities, developing educational programs, and strengthening civil society through research and practical engagement.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 24% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SG-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(18.959px, 1.185rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.15), 30px);\"><strong>Saravanan Ganesan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Founder | Communication and Partnerships Lead<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\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 has Master&#8217;s degrees in European Studies and LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from Europa Universit\u00e4t Viadrina, Germany.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>His portfolio in AFRIW encompasses migration policy, human trafficking, anti-discrimination, and gender equality.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:s.ganesan@afriw.org\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd4d16d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd4d16d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-743ad9f\" data-id=\"743ad9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59591aa\" data-id=\"59591aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:j.wojtarowicz@afriw.org\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 24% auto;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":607,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/?attachment_id=607\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":24} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 24% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SG-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"30px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size: 30px;\"><strong>Saravanan Ganesan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Founder | Communication and Partnerships Lead<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\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 has Master&#8217;s degrees in European Studies and LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from Europa Universit\u00e4t Viadrina, Germany.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>His portfolio in AFRIW encompasses migration policy, human trafficking, anti-discrimination, and gender equality.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:buttons --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<p><!-- wp:button {\"className\":\"is-style-outline\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:s.ganesan@afriw.org\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:group --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd4d16d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd4d16d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-743ad9f\" data-id=\"743ad9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59591aa\" data-id=\"59591aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><!-- wp:button {\"className\":\"is-style-outline\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:j.wojtarowicz@afriw.org\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 24% auto;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"30px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":607,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/?attachment_id=607\",\"mediaType\":\"image\",\"mediaWidth\":24} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 24% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SG-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><!-- wp:heading {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"30px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size: 30px;\"><strong>Saravanan Ganesan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Founder | Communication and Partnerships Lead<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\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 has Master&#8217;s degrees in European Studies and LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from Europa Universit\u00e4t Viadrina, Germany.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>His portfolio in AFRIW encompasses migration policy, human trafficking, anti-discrimination, and gender equality.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:buttons --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<p><!-- wp:button {\"className\":\"is-style-outline\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:s.ganesan@afriw.org\">Email<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:group --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd4d16d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd4d16d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-743ad9f\" data-id=\"743ad9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59591aa\" data-id=\"59591aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joanna Wojtarowicz Founder | Executive Director Joanna 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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/afriw.org\/?page_id=412\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meet our Managing Team:&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":884,"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-412","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\/412","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=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions\/1191"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriw.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}