Fizza Saghir, MSW
Fizza Saghir, MSW is a PhD scholar at UConn School of Social Work. She has been working at the intersection of human rights, governance, and policy-making. She holds a strong position against war, imperialism, and oppression and has remained engaged in peace-building as well as working with war and genocide-survivors including Afghan and Rohingya refugees. Her research interests center around human right violations in conflict zones of the world, the politics of war and hegemony, and forced migration.
Previously, as Chief Minister’s Fellow in the Government of Delhi, Fizza has handled significant managerial responsibilities in Delhi Government’s major projects covering multiple dimensions of child rights-education, health, violence, and abuse. From training and capacity-building of adolescents in the urban slums to advocacy for rights of domestic workers and from working on sexual and gender-based violence to engaging in community awareness on child abuse, she has been working with several vulnerable populations and marginalized communities.
MSW
Jamia Millia Islamia University, India
Areas of Interest:
Human rights
Forced migration
War & Politics
International Social Work
Child rights (education, health, abuse)
Governance & Policy-making
Peace-building
Conflict transformation
Refugee rights
Mental health
