Ms Amna Saeed

Disability Rights Advocate; Youth Coordinator, FWAID; Verification Officer, Askari Bank Limited

Ms Amna Saeed is a disability rights advocate and development professional. She is a Verification Officer at Askari Bank Limited, Islamabad, and Youth Coordinator at FWAID, where she focuses on youth participation, disability inclusion and equal opportunities. She was previously Programme Coordinator for disability inclusion and accessibility at the Special Talent Exchange Program, working on the rights and participation of persons with disabilities, including women and girls and Afghan refugees with disabilities. She has also worked in business operations at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited and as Assistant Programme Manager at IMPACT Human Resources, and has been Assistant Editor of the digital publication ‘Kitaab Nama’ since 2017. Her advocacy priorities include inclusive education, accessible employment, digital access, social protection, gender equality, inclusive climate action and disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction. Her publications include ‘Unveiling the Shadows: A Linguistic Analysis of Human Trafficking in Pakistan’ (Remittances Review, 2024) and ‘Examining Linguistic Techniques and Communication Design Strategies in Pakistani Drug Trafficking Networks’ (Qualitative Research, 2024). She holds an MPhil in Urdu Language and Literature from Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.