Ms Anjum Rahman, of Hamilton, MNZM for services to ethnic communities and women
Ms Anjum Rahman is a founding member and Trustee of Shama, which provides support services for ethnic women in Hamilton. She is a founding and governing board member of the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand. She has focused on sexual violence as part of the Hamilton Campaign of Consent and the Accident Compensation Corporation Expert Reference Group. She is part of the Waikato Interfaith Council and of the Ethnic Police Group with New Zealand Police. She is a Trustee of the Ethnic New Zealand Trust and the Waikato Community Broadcasting Charitable Trust. Ms Rahman is a Human Rights Commission facilitator and speaks publicly on issues affecting Muslim women.