Dr Hafsa Ahmed, of Lincoln, MNZM, for services to ethnic communities and women
Dr Hafsa Ahmed is co-founder and Trustee of Lady Khadija Charitable Trust, which works to support vulnerable groups and achieve social cohesion in the community through media projects such as broadcast programme ‘Open Table’, ‘Together in Humanity’ and the video documentary series ‘Immigrant Journeys’. Dr Ahmed is Chair of Canterbury Interfaith Society and a Trustee on the Board of Ako Ōtautahi – Learning City Christchurch. She has been an active presenter and contributor to the Ministry for Ethnic Communities’ Women to Women Project (W2W) in Christchurch. Dr Ahmed has supported the empowerment of ethnic women and the recovery within the Muslim community following the 2019 Christchurch terror attack.