Naeem Ahmed Mirza

Naeem Ahmed Mirza is a human rights activist, writer, and journalist. He has been associated with the Aurat Foundation, a women’s rights organisation, for the last 25 years and is currently serving as its Executive Director. He works on issues related to gender justice, women’s rights, democratic development, and press freedom. At the Foundation, his work has contributed to effective national advocacy to address gender-based violence, improve women’s political participation, and mobilise citizen action in support of women’s rights. He is the author of the book ‘Tareekh ki Azeem Feminist Auratein: Hayaat, Nazriay aur Tehreekein’ (Great Feminist Women in History: Lives, Ideologies and Movements). He is the recipient of the Fatima Jinnah Award for Contribution to Women’s Empowerment in 2005 and the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Human Rights Award in 2010. In 2022, he also received the HUM Women Leaders Award for his services to women’s betterment.