Director of Advocacy, Research, and Policy
tshen@asiacatalyst.org

Shen Tingting has been the Director of Advocacy, Research and Policy at Asia Catalyst since 2012. Tingting has been a prominent HIV/AIDS and human rights advocate in Beijing, China, and has been working with marginalized communities since her college days. In 2007, Tingting co-founded the Korekata AIDS Law Center with Li Dan, and until 2012 she was the deputy director of its parent organization, Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education and Action, where she founded and managed an outreach program for sex workers in Beijing.

Tingting received her MA in Social Welfare from Renmin University of China in 2009, and served as a visiting research fellow at Asia Catalyst from March to August 2012. Currently Tingting serves as a member of the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights.

At Asia Catalyst, she has led research and advocacy campaigns on Compensation for the victims of China’s blood disaster, Discrimination against people living with HIV in health care settings, Arbitrary detention for female sex workers, health rights for transgender persons in China, and the impact of law enforcement practices on HIV among sex workers. Tingting is fluent in Chinese and English.