Natasha supports Transparentem’s investigations into labor and environmental rights abuses within supply chains and institutions.
Previously, Natasha served as the Asia Pacific Program Manager at Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS), where she led documentation initiatives across Afghanistan, Myanmar, North Korea, Timor-Leste, West Papua, and Sri Lanka. She built and oversaw secure databases documenting sexual and gender-based violence, forced displacement, and transitional justice such as the Afghanistan Memory Home and the North Korean Prisons Database. Her expertise extends to institutional strengthening through grievance mechanisms and labor advocacy, including co-leading Hamsa, a cross-border database documenting violations against migrant workers from Nepal, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines, and supporting the “Justice for Wage Theft” campaign during COVID-19. She has partnered with the Commission on Human Rights (Philippines), WITNESS, and Asia Justice and Rights on documentation projects emphasizing trauma-informed approaches. Prior to HURIDOCS, Natasha investigated Tibetan refugee treatment and statelessness with the Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism in Nepal. As a formerly stateless person born in Nepal, her lived experiences have shaped her understanding of displacement and documentation.
Natasha is currently pursuing her master’s degree in the Global Human Development Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service with a specialization in data science and conflict. She is certified in Open Source Investigations (OSINT) by the International Institute of Criminal Investigations at The Hague. She is fluent in Nepali and Hindi and conversational in Korean, Urdu, and Marwari.