Harjyot is a feminist, who has long been working on health and human rights of communities. She is actively involved in the civil society and community rights movement, across south Asia. Her areas of interest and work include gender, sexual reproductive health rights, mental health, HIV-TB etc. She served as one of the CSO/ communities representatives on the ‘The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which is a groundbreaking global collaboration to accelerate development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. She is currently serving as an advisory group member on Civil Society Alliance for Human Rights in the Pandemic Treaty (CSA) and CSEM for UHC 2030; CSO representative on the Scientific Working Group for the Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response Scheme (I-DAIR); Co-Chair, Global Advocacy & Communications Working Group, Self-Care Trailblazer Group (SCTG).