Faika El-Nagashi

Faika El-Nagashi is a long-time lesbian & feminist human rights advocate. She is a political scientist by vocation, political activist by passion and politician by profession. Her expertise is on women’s and human rights, (women’s) migration, development cooperation, integration and diversity politics, intersectionality and LGBTIQ rights. She has worked with European and transnational civil society networks such as TAMPEP (European Network for HIV/STI Prevention and Health Promotion among Migrant Sex Workers), CWGL (Center for Women’s Global Leadership), IGYLO and ILGA-Europe. She is currently a member of the Vienna City Council and the Vienna Provincial Parliament and the spokesperson for Integration and Human Rights of the Vienna Green Party.