Farahnaz Ispahani has worked for women and religious minorities in Pakistan for the last 25 years, first as a journalist, then as a member of Pakistan’s National Assembly, and most recently as a scholar based in the US. She has also served as a spokesperson and international media coordinator for the Pakistan People’s Party, working alongside the late Benazir Bhutto. During her tenure in parliament (2008–12), she was a member of the Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Committees and of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus. In 2012, she was listed among Foreign Policy magazine’s Top 100 Global Thinkers, as well as Newsweek Pakistan’s Top 100 Women Who Matter.