Tehmeena Rizvi

Tehmeena Rizvi is a Senior Fellow at Bluekraft Digital Foundation and a PhD scholar at Bennett University (Times Group). Her research focuses on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) in South Asia, with a particular emphasis on Afghan women, gendered dimensions of conflict, and intersectionality. She has served as a Consultant at the Indian Council of Social Science Research and also worked as a Program Officer with the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils on social science programs in the Indo-Pacific region.

She has authored articles for Outlook, Firstpost, and The Indian Express, as well as book chapters examining WPS frameworks in South Asia particularly within the contexts of Kashmir, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Bangladesh. Trained in ethnographic methods, she has delivered lectures about Women, Peace, and Security at various platforms like universities and colleges in India and internationally at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. Her work engages with critical policy discussions on gender, security, and human rights, contributing to academic and policy-oriented discourses on the evolving role of women in conflict and post-conflict settings.