Zille Zahra NAQVI is a gender and research professional; worked as Assistant Manager for Research and Advocacy Cell at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), Pakistan. Prior to this she remain associated with ASR Resource Centre/IWSL as Management and Program Coordinator and served as Lecturer of Gender Studies at Government Fatima Jinnah College, Lahore. Zille is a graduate of Women Studies and has done her MS/ M. Phil in Gender and Development Studies from LCWU,Lahore. She is a member of Women Action Forum (WAF) and PAK-US Alumni Network (PAUN). Her research areas are women conflict & peace and gender & sexuality. Her first research paper on ‘Women in Pakistan: Countering conflicts and building peace' has been published by Asian Journal of Women Studies. She has attended number of national and international trainings and worked as volunteer for women and youth groups in Pakistan. Ms. Zahra has been selected as an exchange student and attended Summer Semester of Global Gender Program atElliott School of International Affairs,George Washington University, USA in 2015.