Anushay Hossain

Bangladeshi-born Anushay Hossain is an author, commentator, writer, and activist based in Washington, DC. She founded Anushay’s Point in 2009, and her work is regularly featured on Forbes Woman, The Huffington Post, Ms. Magazine Blog, Feministing, National Public Radio (NPR), The World Bank Blog, and The Washington Examiner.

Anushay began her career as an intern at the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee (BRAC), where she worked on micro-finance for women in her native country, Bangladesh. A University of Virginia graduate, Anushay joined the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Nobel Peace Prize nominated Campaign for Afghan Women prior to completing her MA in Gender and Development at the University of Sussex. She spent a year at the United Nations Development Fund for Women’s (UNIFEM UK) London office before returning to Washington, DC, where she invests the majority of her work analyzing the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the health and rights of women and girls around the world.