Hatizah Rashid

Ms

Hatizah Rashid

Project Officer, Partnerships and Engagement
BIR (Hons)
The Australian National University

Khadija (Hatizah) Rashid graduated with a Bachelor in International Relations (Honours) from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences in July 2021. In her thesis, she explored the significance of using faith-based diplomacy as a tool of conflict transformation in Kashmir.

She is part of the Asia Pacific Working Group at the Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC), through which she contributed to the report on Preventing Hate Speech, Incitement, and Discrimination in November 2021, authoring the chapter on Pakistan. Consequently, her article on Politicisation of Islam and a culture of atrocities against religious minorities in modern-day Pakistan was published in a special issue of Global Responsibility to Protect (GR2P) journal.

In 2023, Hatizah worked remotely for the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore (ISAS-NUS) as a Graduate Research Intern. Currently, she works as a Project Officer, Partnerships and Engagement at the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, providing support to the Regional Institutes. 

Her areas of interest include religious nationalism, politicisation of religion, religiously-motivated violence, and atrocity prevention, particularly in the context of South Asia. 

Expertise Area(s)

Religious nationalism
Political violence
Atrocity prevention
South Asia
Pakistan

Contact Email

Hatizah.Rashid@anu.edu.au

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