Nayyab Ali

rdf:langString Nayyab Ali

rdf:langString Nayyab Ali

rdf:langString Nayyab Ali

rdf:langString Okara, Punjab, Pakistan

rdf:langString University of Punjab, Preston University

rdf:langString Bachelor's in Botany, Masters in International Relations

rdf:langString Pakistani

rdf:langString Transgender Rights Expert, Human Rights Defender, Activist & Politician

rdf:langString Nayyab Ali is a Pakistani human rights defender, transgender activist and social scientist with ten years of experience in working on gender equality, livelihoods and economic empowerment. As an independent consultant, she has been associated with UN agencies to advocate transgender rights. In 2020, she was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights.[1] She became one of the first few transgender people who ran for election in the 2018 Pakistan elections. She is the first Pakistani to receive the GALA awards. She is first Transgender Woman to elect as Co- Chairperson of EVAW/G Alliance Pakistan The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan has declared International Award Winner Transgender rights activist Nayyab Ali as Gender Equality Advocate in Pakistan.[2] As a researcher and renowned activist, working on gender and minority inclusion issues, Ms. Nayyab Ali has been a resource person for building law enforcement agencies' capacities and sensitisation across Pakistan and for tackling the political, institutional and social challenges of the transgender community. Her expertise, experience and personal journey have led her to become the national coordinator of All Pakistan Transgender Election Network, to be an active member of the special committee formed for the review of the bill, which became the Pakistan transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 and also to create the first school for Okara's transgender community.[3]