Gender and Sexuality Studies

Biography

Kata Kevehazi is a gender expert and social policy consultant based in Budapest, Hungary. With a Master of Arts from the Budapest University of Economics and coursework from the University of St. Petersburg, Kata has a strong academic background in social science and economics. She has also completed postgraduate management studies at the Program Copernic in Paris and is a graduate of the Common Purpose Global Leadership Program in London, working on the topic of Women’s Security in the Doctorate School of Obuda University.
Kata’s professional experience is primarily focused on promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in the workplace and society at large. She is the CEO and Lead Gender Expert of the JOL-LET (Well-Being) Foundation, which provides employment agency services, anti-discrimination counselling, and training and advisory services to individuals, organizations, and the government. She has also worked as a gender expert for ELEGY, a Budapest-based think tank for social policy, where she helped develop a holistic gender-sensitive social policy recommendation for the social sector based on values of integrity and security for all. Kata has also served in various expert groups and committees, including the Demographic Roundtable and the Hungarian Women's Lobby, and is a board member and expert for the European Women's Lobby. As a feminist activist she has contributed to many global and national campaign initiaves, and since 2018 she is the Hungarian Ambassador of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) global campaign.