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 Co-Coordinator of the Women in Islam journal, published by the SIHA Network. She has an MSc in Gender, Development and Globalisation from the London School of Economics.