Faustina Pereira is the Director of Human Rights and Legal Aid Services at BRAC, the world’s largest development organization. A lawyer, human rights activist and author, her book The Fractured Scales: The Search for a Uniform Personal Code was awarded a Gold Medal by the Asiatic Society. She is a former director of Ain O Salish Kendra. In 2006 she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

In the words of the HLS community member who nominated Ms. Pereira, “Her work with communities and women in Bangladesh, her dedication to doing things well and right in development and women’s rights, her focus on critical thinking in the field, as well as her brilliant analysis and writing on women’s rights issues inspired me.”

Ms. Pereira received her doctorate in International Human Rights Law from the University of Notre Dame.