Asha Dahya

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Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker

Writer

TEDx Speaker

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GREEN TIDE RISING

GREEN TIDE RISING (GTR) is an eight-episode audio and video ​series that spotlights Latin America's Green Wave movement and ​how it's shaping some of the most progressive abortion policies in ​the world.

Through the eyes of feminist lawyer and reproductive rights ​advocate Ximena Casas Isaza, we meet the people who have ​turned the fight for reproductive justice in Latin America and the ​Caribbean into a powerful, modern feminist movement - from the ​tip of Argentina all the way to Mexico and beyond.

Hosted by Monica Morales-Garcia and Asha Dahya, Green Tide ​Rising positions the Global South as a beacon of hope and a ​reminder of what’s at stake for the Global North if we don't act ​now.

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My short documentary Someone You Know

3 Women. 3 Decisions. 1 Hostile landscape. Three women share their experiences navigating numerous barriers in a hostile landscape to get a later abortion.

Today in America, approximately 1 in 4 people will have an abortion before the age of 45. Trans and non-binary people also have abortions, through their experiences are rarely included in research or statistics. There are no abortion services in at least 89% of U.S. counties, 
and the number of facilities offering later abortions is even more limited. Only a handful of states offer abortion services after the first trimester, and now with Roe v Wade overturned, the barriers to getting an abortion will only get worse. Later abortion patients often become the target of political misinformation and attacks and bear the bulk of harassment. In 'Someone You Know', we meet 3 women - Mindy Swank, Valerie Peterson and Sharon Lagos. Making the decision to use their real names and faces in the interviews, utilizing animation to illustrate their stories, each of the women share their complex stories of having to overcome numerous barriers, in a hostile landscape, to get an abortion later in pregnancy, at a time in America when reproductive freedom is being rolled back at an alarming pace.

Purchase my book Today’s Wonder Women: Everyday Superheroes Who Are Changing the World

AMAZON AUDIBLE BARNES & NOBLE TARGET

Released March 18, 2020 through Dover Publications/Ixia Press

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Organizations I’ve Worked With

Logo of Chautauqua Institution with a stylized illustration of a tower above the word 'Chautauqua' in script font and 'Institution' in uppercase underneath.
Orange flower logo with the text 'EngenderHealth' beneath it.
Logo for SHE Media Collective with a stylized globe and the words SHE MEDIA in orange and COLLECTIVE in teal.
Picture Motion logo with film reel icon in yellow and black text
Logo of Mount Saint Mary's University with a purple shield and open book at the top, and the text "Mount Saint Mary's University" in purple, and "Los Angeles" in gold.
Podcast logo with a black background, a light blue play button graphic on the left, and pink text that reads 'POD PEOPLE'.
UCLA logo in black and blue text.
Logo of Religious Community for Reproductive Choice featuring a blue circular geometric design and text.
Logo of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation featuring the acronym 'ACLU' in bold blue letters with the full name written below.
Close-up of the Vocative logo with a pink dot on the 'V' and a pink accent on the top left of the letter.
Colorful graphic with the word 'rePRO' and labels for 'Knowledge', 'Intention', 'Action' on a black background.
Logo for Motherboard Society with colored bars in teal, mustard, pink, and white background.
Gutsy Media logo in maroon text with stylized 'G' and 'Y' on a transparent background.
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Colorful logo with a pink background, a light blue circle, and the words 'mamá' in large pink text inside the circle, with 'film' in green text to the right.
The image shows a line graph comparing average monthly temperature and rainfall. The temperature line fluctuates from around 20°C to about 30°C, while the rainfall varies from approximately 50mm to 120mm. The graph has labels for months, with temperature represented by a line and rainfall by bars.
The word 'IWEIGH' in bold black letters with an exclamation mark replacing the letter 'L'.
Liberal Women’s Voter logo with large blue letters 'LWW' and a red brushstroke underneath.
Netflix logo with a red background and white letter 'N'
The Pfizer logo, a stylized blue and white sphere with a medicine cap on top, with the word 'Pfizer' below it.
Pink and purple logo with the word "Superioragit" in large, stylized font.
The logo of acepture, with the word 'accepture' in black lowercase letters and a purple greater-than symbol above the letter 't'.
Logo of 'TAKE THE LEAD Women' with three gray rectangles and one red square, and text 'TAKE THE LEAD' at the top and 'taketheleadwomen.com' at the bottom.