Farah Naqvi is an Indian writer, consultant and activist. A post-graduate from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, she works on

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...

and

minority rights Minority rights are the normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or gender and sexual minorities, and also the collective rights accorded to any minority group. Civil-rights movements ofte ...

from both a justice and development perspective. She was a member of the

National Advisory Council The National Advisory Council (NAC) of India was a unconstitutional body set up by the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to advise the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. Sonia Gandhi served as its chairperson for much of th ...

. She is a founding member of ''Nirantar'', an NGO working in the field of gender and education; credited with founding the newspaper Khabar Lahariya. She has been a board member at

Oxfam Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. History Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...

India. Farah has also worked in the field of Broadcast Journalism. She co-directed the film ''The Colour of My Home'' (2018).

Works

''Waves In The Hinterland: The Journey of A Newspaper'' (2007) published by

Zubaan Books Zubaan Books is an imprint of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house. History In 1984, Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon founded Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house. Its objectives were to publish quality work ...

, ''Working with Muslims: Beyond Burqa and Triple Talaq'' (2017) published by Three Essays Collective ,

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naqvi, Farah Living people Indian social workers Members of National Advisory Council, India Indian social sciences writers Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia University alumni English-language writers from India Indian women activists Writers from Delhi