Dr. Zarizana Abdul Aziz
Dr. Zarizana specialises in legal and policy reform on gender equality, family law and gender-based violence, focusing on intersections between international human rights, gender, culture, and national legal regimes as well as their implementation.
Dr. Zarizana has drafted legislations, reviewed and revised laws on gender equality, gender-based violence and family law in several countries as well as trained legislative drafters, academics and scholars on legislative drafting. She has also conducted judicial training and capacity-building, including in Pakistan, as well as provided technical assistance in the setting up of Pakistan's first GBV Court. She is also the editor and co-author of the Court Companion on Gender-based Violence Cases in Pakistan (2021, https://www.amazon.com/Court-Companion-Gender-Based-Violence-Cases/dp/9292690469).
Dr. Zarizana developed the Due Diligence Framework on State Accountability for Eliminating Violence against Women and most recently, undertook multi-country researches into technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Dr. Zarizana was Human Rights Fellow and visiting scholar at Columbia University, New York, USA. She was also adjunct professor and visiting scholar at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, USA and at George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.