Fatema D. Ahmadi is a human rights advocate and an international development practitioner with over a decade of experience promoting women’s and children’s rights in conflict and post-conflict settings. She has worked with national and international organizations on policy development, human rights, and community engagement. Ahmadi was a Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the American University School of Public Affairs (2022–2024), focusing on women’s rights movements in the Global South and women’s rights in Afghanistan. Before forcing to leave Afghanistan in 2021, she led peacebuilding initiatives at the U.S. Institute of Peace to bring unheard voices to the table. As a Fulbright Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow (2018–2019) at AUWCL, she consulted with the World Bank and the International Republican Institute with a focus on the rights of women, minorities, and vulnerable communities in Afghanistan. Prior to that, she led a USAID-funded program on combating human trafficking in Afghanistan and co-authored the first national TiP training manual. Earlier, Ahmadi worked with refugee children in Iran through the Child Labor Association and the UNHCR’s Afghan Refugee Health Insurance project. Ahmadi holds a master’s in public administration, specializing in Global Governance and Management from the American University School of Public Affairs.