Alexandria S. McCarthy is the International Advocacy Programme Officer at Musawah, the global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. She previously served as Musawah’s Communications Programme Officer, and in communications and advocacy roles in the United States Senate and non-profit and academic organisations in the USA and UK. She is an Editorial...
Amal Elmohandes completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from the American University in Cairo (AUC) with a major in English and Comparative Literature (2000), and obtained a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin, with a focus on Gender and Women’s Studies (2002). Since 2001, she gained experience in the fields of research, developmental...
Amna Nasir is a journalist and researcher from Pakistan, currently living in Sydney. She is a recent graduate of Gender and Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney with a distinction. She completed her first masters in Diversity and Media with a distinction from the University of Westminster, UK. She is the recipient of three...
Najia Haneefi is a dedicated outspoken feminist activist and fearless radio journalist with extensive experience in leading campaigns and protests for women’s civil and political rights, for which received, the UK International Service Human Rights Award for the Defence of the Human Rights (2007). Also successfully managed, fundraised and coordinated rights-based and women’s empowerment programs...
Dr. Mona Tajali has been a long-term collaborator with the research wing of the transnational feminist solidarity network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) and as of 2019, serves as member of their executive board. Her first book, Electoral Politics: Making Quotas Work for Women, co-authored with Homa Hoodfar and published by WLUML, has been...
Homa Hoodfar is Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, at Concordia University, Montreal. Describing herself as an academic in the service of civil society, Professor Hoodfar has also been actively involved in Research and Publication Division of Women Living Under Muslim Laws Network’s whose mission has been to promote gender equality and plural democracy, since 1980s. Her ...
Vrinda Narain is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, McGill University. Professor Narain is a Member of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of Law at McGill University. She is the recipient of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice’s 2017 Charles D. Gonthier Fellowship. Her research and teaching focus...
Zarqa Yaftali is the Director of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation which focuses on promoting and supporting civil society efforts to include women in decision-making at a national level. Ms. Yaftali is Board Member of the Women’s Regional Network (WRN) and Co-chair of the Women Peace and Security working group. She has...
Naureen Shameem is a feminist activist and human rights lawyer, with experience in international advocacy, research and transnational organizing. She led the Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs), a multi-organizational project, and the Advancing Universal Rights and Justice initiative at the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID). Naureen has also acted as an...
