{"id":33328,"date":"2022-12-02T06:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/staff-member\/mel-bailey\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:43:30","slug":"mel-bailey","status":"publish","type":"staff_member","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/fr\/staff-member\/mel-bailey\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"staff-member-header-banner-block\">\n\t<div class=\"columns is-mobile is-multiline\">\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-7-tablet is-12-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"outer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub-title\">The Team<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title notranslate\" translate=\"no\">Mel Bailey<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssociate Manager, Communications\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-location\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-regular fa-location-dot\"><\/i> <p>North America<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"member-socials\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-tablet\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey-1024x1024.png.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey-640x640.png\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey-1024x1024.png\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey.png\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-5-tablet is-hidden-mobile is-6-desktop\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey-1024x1024.png.webp')\" data-small=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey-640x640.png\" data-medium=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey-1024x1024.png\" data-large=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Staff-Photos-56-MelBailey.png\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p>Mel Bailey joined Equality Now in 2022 as Associate Manager, Communications at Equality Now. In this role, she helps drive legislative change for women and girls in North America and around the world by ensuring their voices are heard, informing them of how the passage of certain laws is central to gender equality, and analysing how discriminatory laws continue to negatively impact real opportunities for true equality.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Equality Now, she worked as an international journalist and videographer. Her favorite quote is, \u201cThe way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.\u201d &#8211; Ida B. Wells<\/p>\n<p>In her free time, you can find her getting lost in a book or trying a new experimental recipe in the kitchen. 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