NEW YORK (TIP): NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sept 17  the appointment of six new Commissioners to the Commission on Gender Equity (CGE), an agency tasked with supporting City agencies in dismantling institutional barriers for women, girls, transgender and gender non-binary New Yorkers.

Indian origin Sasha Ahuja has been named Chief of Staff at Girls for Gender Equity and Chair of New York City’s Equal Employment Practices Commission.

“New York City is committed to using every tool we have to create a truly equal city for all New Yorkers, no matter their gender,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “These new members bring invaluable expertise to the Commission and will continue our work in the fight for gender equity.”

“New York City’s mandate to promote gender equity – especially through a racial justice lens – could not be more urgent. I am eager to use my role as a Commissioner on New York City’s Commission on Gender Equity to ensure that folks most directly impacted by systemic inequity in our city have a seat at the decision making table to influence policy that impacts their lives,” said CGE Commissioner Sasha Ahuja, Chief of Staff at Girls for Gender Equity and Chair of New York City’s Equal Employment Practices Commission.

Ahuja pursued her bachelors’ study from the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College and an M.S. in Social Work from Columbia University. She currently serves as Chief of Staff at Girls for Gender Equity, a Brooklyn-based organization that led the New York City Young Women’s Initiative.