Azra Rashid

Azra Rashid is a Montreal-based filmmaker and PhD candidate. Azra has over six years of experience working as a journalist in NYC, Toronto, Edmonton, and Karachi. She has worked on numerous documentaries on social justice issues, including her own award-winning film, Dishonour Defied - a documentary about rape and status of women in Pakistan. Her films have been screened at film festivals in Canada and in the US. Azra's documentary film on forced marriages has been incorporated in the curriculum by the Toronto District School Board in Canada. She is currently working on a documentary, with the working title, "A Woman's Story," funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. In the past, Azra has also worked in the NGO sector with Amnesty International, Alliance Against Modern Slavery, Ve'ahavta, and Women Won't Forget.