Shaneel Lal

Shaneel Lal is the founder of the Conversion Therapy Action Group, the group that led the movement to ban conversion therapy in Aotearoa. They founded the Conversion Therapy Action Group after giving their speech to ban conversion therapy at Youth Parliament in 2019. They have sat on the Minister of Education's Youth Advisory Group and Amnesty International's Global Youth Taskforce. Shaneel was a Global Youth Leader for Open Government Partnership and was selected into the role of Youth Justice...See more

Shaneel Lal is the founder of the Conversion Therapy Action Group, the group that led the movement to ban conversion therapy in Aotearoa. They founded the Conversion Therapy Action Group after giving their speech to ban conversion therapy at Youth Parliament in 2019. They have sat on the Minister of Education's Youth Advisory Group and Amnesty International's Global Youth Taskforce. Shaneel was a Global Youth Leader for Open Government Partnership and was selected into the role of Youth Justice Leader by New York University Center on International Cooperation. Shaneel is currently studying Law and Psychology at the University of Auckland. Shaneel is a finalist for the Young New Zealander of the Year 2023. See less