Shareena is a lawyer by training with over 20 years of experience. She has served as the Programme Manager for Advocacy, Legal Services and Research in Sisters In Islam, an NGO advancing the rights of Muslim women within the framework of Islam, human rights, constitutional guarantees and grounded by lived realities, and now serves the cause as a Board member. Here, she continues to be involved in issues related to injustices experienced by women as a result of biased laws, policies and institutional structures. Areas include critical analysis of Islamic Laws, political Islam, women’s rights in the family and in the public sphere and gender equality for women.