Ashwini Prabha-Leopold started with CAN in April 2013 and is a Fiji Islander. She has worked for the Fijian Government, United Nations Development Programme and WWF, global conservation organisation. She has worked in developing and developed countries communicating around development, environment and social issues for over 10 years.
Ashwini has substantial experience in press relations and working on campaigns involving various audiences (including grass-root communities, governments and private sector). Her work also expands into corporate communications and strategy development. She started climate communications work with WWF South Pacific and moved to WWF International as Communications Manager on International Climate Policy, especially within the UNFCCC.
Ashwini is a strong advocate for small island countries and believes that every individual (regardless of country) needs to live simply and self-sustainably inorder to harmonise with nature. She hopes to make a small difference through her work as International Communications Coordinator focusing on communications capacity building and low carbon development communications work with CAN Nodes.