Who We Are
What is the Power of We was born as a declaration: we are the power.
In January 2024, while climbing South America’s highest peak, Anjali witnessed a guide violently attack a woman client. Though she had set out to climb this mountain during a break from her work as an international human rights lawyer, the truth was unavoidable.
even on the world’s highest summits.
And as Anjali’s years as a lawyer had shown her, those doing the work—survivors, advocates, grassroots organizers—were burned out, isolated, and still fighting for scraps.
That moment ignited a mission. Climbing mountains could be more than a personal challenge. It could be a movement.
What began as a seed on one expedition has become a global campaign: Survivors to Summits. From Kilimanjaro to Everest, the world’s tallest peaks are now platforms to amplify survivor voices, build solidarity, and connect survivors, advocates, and organizations into a growing coalition. Each climb is a step toward a collective future.
The coalition we build through Survivors to Summits is becoming the foundation for the first-ever global digital hub for survivors, advocates, and grassroots organizations, a secure space where connection, healing, and action can thrive across borders.
Because the power of we is the power to put an end to gender-based violence.
Gender-based violence doesn’t take time off
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Anjali
Anjali Mehta is a human rights and law of war attorney, speaker, athlete, and professional artist, and the founder of What is the Power of We?
As a lawyer, she has worked across India, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and the U.K., representing governments in international human rights courts, securing asylum for survivors of gender persecution, and defending constitutional rights for transgender athletes in the U.S.
As an artist, her work explores social justice through movement and film, earning recognition at Diversity in Cannes and a Bessie nomination for outstanding performance.
As a mountaineer, Anjali is climbing the Seven Summits—one on each continent—to build a global coalition dedicated to ending gender-based violence. She is on track to be the first Indian-American woman to complete this feat.