Anjum Rahman

Anjum Nausheen Rahman (born 16 July 1966) is a New Zealand Muslim community leader and human rights activist who advocates for the rights of Muslim women.

Early life and family Rahman was born on 16 July 1966 in the village of Mahuwara in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Her family moved to New Zealand from Canada in 1972 when she was five years old, after her father completed a PhD and was offered a post-doctoral position at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Hamilton. She became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1976. She is also a founding member of the Hamilton Ethnic Women's Centre (known commonly as Shama) and has served as a trustee on its board since 2002.

In response to the attacks, Rahman established the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective to combat discrimination. She made submissions and presentations to a parliamentary select committee on behalf of the Islamic Women's Council in support of gun law changes, saying that the tightening of those laws would prevent violence towards vulnerable communities.

Since 2017 Rahman and the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective have advocated for a national strategy for inclusion and anti-discrimination.

Politics Rahman stood as a candidate for the Hamilton City Council in 2013, and as a list candidate for the New Zealand Labour Party at the , and 2014 general elections.

In 2019, she was shortlisted for the New Zealander of the Year Award.