Who We Are
We are currently engaging multiple stakeholders to help realise our vision with a sustainable strategy. Groundswell is a long play not a flash in the pan, therefore we are engaging with the best across the board from experts in Tech, Media, Academia and Activism to make our vision a reality.
HADIYA MASIEH
Founder and Executive Director
Hadiya Masieh has a wealth of experience and expertise in the area of community cohesion, interfaith relations, counter extremism, and women’s involvement in radicalisation. She has been a counter extremism consultant for various governments and NGOs around the world for the past 22 years. She has also worked closely with big tech players such as Google and Facebook in order to develop innovative counter-extremism approaches.
Hadiya is :
Part of the UK Government’s “National Muslim Women’s Advisory Group” advising UK Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministers.
Her work has featured in the Guardian, New Statesman, BBC News, ITV, Radio 4, CNN, BBC World, BBC Asian Radio, Times of India, Times of Israel and others.
She is the co-author of the report “Radcalisation and violent extremism-focus on women” and UN women report Gendered Pathways to Radicalization and Desistance from Violent Extremism.
Hadiya was UK Ambassador for Women Without Borders promoting counter extremism narratives and a board member of the internationally renowned and award winning peacekeeping organisation The Bereaved Families Forum based in Palestine and Israel
