Mridul Wadhwa

In 2022 Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre was forced into lockdown by anti-trans activists, as part of a campaign that included the hounding of Wadhwa. Adam Ramsay said that "Wadhwa has dedicated the last 14 years of her professional life to supporting women who are victims of sexual violence. But for the last three years, she’s faced torrential abuse including unfounded smears that she’s a sexual predator and numerous threats of violence – all because she is trans."

In December 2022, J.K. Rowling said that Wadhwa's claim that survivors should "reframe" their trauma led to her setting up Beira's Place, a "women-only" centre for sex abuse survivors which excludes trans women.

Wadhwa received the "Outstanding Campaigner Award" of the Equality Network in 2022.

In 2021, after speaking with The Guilty Feminist Podcast, Wadhwa stated that "Sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well," that rape survivors could not heal without addressing "unacceptable beliefs" and that if they sought care at the Edinburgh clinic, they should "expect to be challenged on [their] prejudices." She had previously left the Scottish National Party after MSPs backed an amendment to allow survivors of rape and sexual violence to pick the sex rather than the gender of the person examining them. Author and sexual violence specialist Jessica Taylor remarked, "It is of concern to me that any rape centre would take the view that their clients who access their services at a time of crisis and trauma, would need politically re-educating so they agree with the views of the CEO and centre policies. This isn’t person centred working."

Wadhwa has worked in the equality and anti-violence sectors in Scotland since leaving university in 2005. She was the information and education officer and children's services team leader at Shakti Women's Aid from 2008 to 2017, a training and volunteer coordinator at Rape Crisis Scotland from 2014 to 2018 and the manager at Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre from 2018 to 2021. She was also a board member of YWCA Scotland and of the Equality Network from 2017 to 2021. She became Chief Executive Officer of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre in 2021.

Mridul Machindra Wadhwa (born 1978) is an Indian-born Scottish women's rights and anti-domestic violence campaigner. She serves as Chief Executive Officer of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. She is a member of the Scottish Green Party and was formerly active in the Scottish National Party and a candidate in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Mridul Wadhwa was born in India in 1978, and transitioned to female in her native country as a teenager. She then emigrated to the United Kingdom, where she earned a master's degree in education from the University of Edinburgh in 2005. She became involved in women's rights activism in Scotland as a student, and has spoken about her focus on giving voice to women from marginalised backgrounds, including migrant and racialised women.