Aliya Harir is a peacebuilding and gender equality practitioner from Chitral, Pakistan, with experience in child protection, adolescent engagement, religious freedom, and rights based programming. Her work is based on feminist, participatory, and preventative lens on the peace-humanitarian- development nexus.

She currently consults with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkwa in programming for prevention of violence against children and women, empowering adolescents, and peacebuilding, and systems strengthening work. She most recently served as Child Protection Officer with UNICEF in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, where she provided technical guidance to government to strengthen child protection systems, case management for gender inclusive children protection programming, community-based protection mechanisms, and supporting adolescents through creative/locally grounded approaches in protection, prevention – in 21 (settled and merged) districts of the province. Her work with other organizations has also focused on inclusive programming on social cohesion, rights of religious minorities, women’s political empowerment. She has been part of multiple fellowships and advisory boards focused on women rights, violence prevention, religious freedom, and countering violent extremism. She was awarded the N-Peace Award by UNDP in 2017 for her work in fostering peace between India and Pakistan, including leading delegations of women across borders. During her MPhil from Quaid-i-Azam University, her academic work focused on localizing UNSCR 1325 in Pakistan and reimagining security through the lived experiences of women and girls in peripheral and patriarchal settings (like Chitral).

Participant in:

February 2026 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes