Lora Prabhu is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of CEQUIN (Centre for Equity and Inclusion) , which has been doing pioneering work with vulnerable women and girls in urban and rural areas, focusing on gender equity and using sports for development for the last 13 years. Prior to that, she was associated with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) where she worked as a Programme Officer in the IFAD-UNIFEM Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia and the Pacific. In the last 26 years she has worked as a researcher, journalist, film maker and development professional. With a Masters degree from JNU, she has written extensively on gender, made women centric films; worked on a voluntary basis as well as professionally with a variety of women’s organizations as a trainer, analyst, rapporteur and communications specialist.

She was selected for the International Visitors Leadership Programme on Global Women’s Issues by the U.S. Government State Department in 2011, and served as member of the working group on women's empowerment for the 12th Five Year Plan of the Government of India. She has co-edited ‘Fear that Stalks: Gender Based Violence in Public Spaces’, published by Zubaan Books 2012. Ms Prabhu served as board member of the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) from 2011-14. She has been a member of the Sexual Harassment Committee in public and private sector firms. She is co-convener of the National Alliance for Women’s Football in India.