Bijal Brahmbhatt is the Director of Mahila Housing Trust in India. Her work of over 20 years in cities has been in the areas of formal, informal, and invisible governance for housing and habitat. Her programs have helped women participate in city-level initiatives, a small step to make cities inclusive. Bijal was a Fellow (2015) of the Womanity Foundation, Switzerland and a finalist of Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneur of the year, India. She was awarded the Surya Mitra National Award for creating sustainable energy assets for equitable access in urban areas by Selco Foundation. As a member of the InsuResilience Gender Working Group of the InsuResilience Global Partnership, Bijal has contributed to the InsuResilience Global Partnership Declaration on Gender. She also serves as the Director of Awaas SEWA Pvt. Ltd., a construction company for the urban poor. She is a board member of SEWA Grih Rin, a housing finance company for women from low-income groups, and is an advisor for two women’s credit cooperatives. Bijal holds a degree in Civil Engineering and has a certificate in Urban Planning and Management from the Institute of Housing Studies, The Netherlands.