Yasmin Rehman

Career

• Honorary Research Fellow University of Kent Jul 2022 - Present
• Chief Executive Officer JUNO Women's Aid Nov 2018 – Present, Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Editorial Board Member Feminist Dissent Jan 2016 – Present, Warwick University
• Member Board Of Trustees Centre for Women's Justice · Freelance Sep 2019 - Mar 2023
• Advisor to Ministry of Justice Hate Crimes Working Group Ministry of Justice Jul 2012 - Aug 2020 ·London, United Kingdom
• Fellow Muslim Institute Jun 2011 - Nov 2019 ·
• Researcher, Independent Sector Independent Sector Sep 2011 - Nov 2018 London, United Kingdom
  • My research is looking at multiple marriages specifically polygynous marriages - one man married to several women and the law. This builds on research began during my Masters when I was researching the practice of polygyny amongst British Muslims to see if this was a conducive context for violence against women and girls.
• Interim Deputy Director AVA (Against Violence and Abuse) May 2018 - Oct 2018, London, United Kingdom
• Survivor Consultation Imkaan Aug 2017 - Oct 2017 London, United Kingdom
  • Led on survivor consultation project commissioned by MOPAC for Imkaan.
• London VAWG Consortium Coordinator, Women's Resource Centre Sep 2016 - Jul 2017, London, United Kingdom
• Member of the Board END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN COALITION LTD Jun 2013 - Jun 2017, London, United Kingdom
• Justice and Strategy Manager Women's Aid Federation England, Aug 2014 - Jul 2015, London, United Kingdom
• Interim Bid Writer (Criminal Justice Expert), Self employed Mar 2014 - Jul 2014, London, United Kingdom
• Chief Executive Greenwich Inclusion Project Feb 2013 - Mar 2014, Greenwich
• Vice Chair Adoption Panel Kent County Council Sep 2011 - May 2013, Kent
• Chair, Centre for Secular Space Sep 2011 - Mar 2013, London, United Kingdom
• Chair of Board of Trustees Domestic Violence Intervention ProjectJan 2009 - May 2012
• Interim Bid Executive Nacro Oct 2011 - Dec 2011
• Director of Partnerships and Diversity Metropolitan Police Mar 2004 - Dec 2008

Education

• London Metropolitan University MA, Woman and Child Abuse2009 - 2010
• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), BA, Anthropology and Law, 1995 - 1999

Affiliations

• Searchlight Educational Trust 2006-~2010
• Centre for Women’s Justice
• One Law for All Coalition
• a Fellow of the Muslim Institute
• a member of the Cross-Government Working Group on Hate Crimes
• former Board member of EVAW (End Violence against Women Coalition)
• member of Women Against Fundamentalism
• founding member of the journal Feminist Dissent