Ms. Khawar Mumtaz

Khawar Mumtaz is an independent consultant in gender and social development. She was Chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (2013-2019) and before that CEO of the leading feminist organization, Shirkat Gah-Women’s Resource Centre. She has researched and written about different dimensions of women’s lived realities (poverty, political participation, home based work, labour force participation, reproductive health and rights, environment). She believes in the separation of state and religion, in peace and environmental justice and strongly opposes discrimination based on class, ethnicity, religion and gender. With an MA in International Relations she has served on the faculty of the Centre for South Asian Studies, Punjab University, as Assistant Editor in the weekly Viewpoint, on syndicates of Women’s Universities and as Senate Chair of Karakoram International University. She has been active in women’s regional networks and has served/serving on the Boards of national, regional and international organisations.