Director
Ms. Ali is a researcher, Author, renowned Human Rights Defender, and Social Scientist, with 10 years professional experience of working on gender equality, livelihoods and economic empowerment. She has a background in human and institutional capacity development; and expertise in social research.
She is the Laureate of Franco German Human Rights Prize 2020, APCOM HERO Asia Award, International GALAS Activist Award 2020 for her tremendous contribution in rule of law and human rights.
She is a qualified trainer on gender identities & Sexual Orientation and minority inclusion issues and has been the Lead Resource person for building capacity and sensitization of law enforcement agencies across Pakistan and at International Level. As an independent consultant, she has been associated with various UN agencies to advocate a lobby for Trans rights. She has been actively engaged with government agencies and state departments as technical advisor for development of various legal framework at national and provincial level to protect rights of trans community in Pakistan including historic transgender Rights Protection Act 2018 & Provincial Legislation on the Protection of Trans Rights. . .
She was a member of the Transgender Task Force, a special committee formed for the review and recommendation on the Transgender Rights Protection bill, now it is a historic law pertaining to self-perceived gender identity in Pakistan. She was also a member of the former Chief Justice Special Committee on the status of Transgender CNIC registration. She contributed to the Transgender rights welfare policy in Punjab and founded the first school for the transgender community in Okara. In 2018 she contested in the General Elections from NA142 Okara. She is the National Coordinator of All Pakistan Transgender Election Network in Pakistan and is actively engaged in the political empowerment of her community. As an acid survivor herself she has worked extensively with various communities on GBV sensitization. Recently she was also elected as the co-chair of Ending Violence Against Women &Girls (EVWAG) Alliance Pakistan. Du to her efforts, Recently Transgender Protection of Rights Rules 2020 has been also notified