About me
Arifa Nasim is the Founder and Executive Director of Educate2Eradicate. At 14 she initiated her own campaign against forced marriage at Walthamstow School for Girls after reading Daughters of shame by Jasvinder Sanghera. Her vast youth leadership experience includes internal governance, advising and representing Plan UK an INGO focused on children's development, and advocating on the importance of community schools as a guest speaker at national education conferences such as The Sunday Times Festival of Education.
She is also part of the Youth For Change UK secretariat, a global movement working to connect young people with decision makers and promote effective and meaningful youth participation. It was via this platform that Arifa was selected to be one of two Official UK Youth Delegates to the UN. In 2015 she attended the Sustainable Development Goals summit and spoke on an international platform about Goal 5, Gender Equality. Previously published in TES, Schools Week, and The Georgia Straight, Arifa is currently reading Arabic and Mediaeval History.