Saleha Nisar

Saleha is a human rights researcher and advocate with a decade of experience spanning the legal, advocacy, and third sectors, both nationally and internationally. Before joining Agenda Alliance, she was a Lead Campaign Analyst with Campaign Zero, where she led a research-driven criminal justice law reform campaign in collaboration with the Innocence Project.

Her work has encompassed policy development, research, influencing, strategic litigation, and submissions to national human rights commissions, all grounded a commitment to decolonial feminist praxis, racial justice, and systemic transformation. Saleha has worked in humanitarian and conflict settings, supported refugee communities through project and wellbeing management, and played a key role in developing and advancing organisational anti-racist strategies. She also has extensive frontline experience supporting survivors of gender-based and sexual violence, including young women and girls affected by child criminal exploitation.

Alongside her professional work, Saleha is a Trustee for a charitable trust in Oxford and actively supports grassroots initiatives that work alongside marginalised communities to challenge systemic inequities. She holds a Law degree from the University of Sussex and a Master’s in Law (LLM) with Distinction in Human Rights, Conflict, and Justice from SOAS, University of London.