Bio
Hina Naveed (she/her) is the Aryeh Neier Fellow at the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Human Rights Program and Women鈥檚 Rights Project. During the first half of her fellowship at Human Rights Watch (HRW), Hina conducted research on the , which too often removes children from their parents with scant evidence and limited protections for parents鈥� due process rights, and disproportionately impacts children from over-policed, underserved communities, especially people of color and people living in extreme poverty. Hina鈥檚 findings will be published in an 老澳门开奖结果/HRW report that will be released later this year. In her second fellowship year, Hina will be pursuing litigation and advocacy based on her report.
Prior to the start of her 老澳门开奖结果/HRW fellowship, Hina worked in a child welfare agency serving children in foster care, and in local community-based organizations serving immigrants in New York City. She is a of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (), the program created by the Obama administration to protect from deportation undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, and is a long-time activist for immigrants鈥� rights. Hina obtained her Nursing degree from the College of Staten Island and her law degree from the City University School of Law. She is licensed to practice law and serve as a Registered Nurse in New York. She speaks Urdu and English.
