Sabrina Sharma is an author in Australia, with a background in Christian Human Rights Law and Community engagement.
She was admitted to The Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia) in 2007 and later on to The High Court of Fiji in 2017. She founded The Fiji Rural Women Empowerment Network to assist disadvantaged women from rural areas across Fiji to access educational platforms and empowerment workshops. As International Ambassador to Almanah Hope Centre in Teidamu, Fiji she has worked with the Centre’s founders to empower widows and survivors of domestic violence across Fiji. Having worked extensively in Fiji across a cross-section of fields (Ministry, Domestic Violence awareness, poverty alleviation and more), she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Fiji in 2020 by Fiji’s former President and retired Major-General Konrote. She was further given the “2021 Champion for Change” Award by UK’s Lead5050 Organization in recognition for her community efforts and engagement.
Sabrina has returned to Australia where she continues to serve a multicultural and diverse community through positive engagement, dialogue and writing her books. One of her published works, Dialogue in Action, speaks of the importance of dialogue with others to deepen our appreciation and understanding of other cultures.
Sabrina’s contributions to community life and the legal sector can be found below:
- https://www.usfijitimes.org/news/local/fijis-human-rights-lawyer-sits-in-human-rights-panel-to-discuss-nsws-proposed-dying-bill/
- https://twitter.com/fijitimes/status/1208884008374812672
- https://www.fijitimes.com.fj/sabrina-khan-sharma-2021-champion-of-change-award-winner/
- https://fijisun.com.fj/tag/sabrina-iqbal-khan/
- https://www.fijitimes.com/people-sabrina-wears-many-hats/#:~:text=A%20domestic%20violence%20survivor%20herself,by%20her%20faith%20in%20God
- https://fijisun.com.fj/tag/human-rights-lawyer-sabrina-khan-sharma/
- https://fijisun.com.fj/2021/03/11/trauma-bond-takes-years-to-break-lawyer-tells/
- https://www.pressreader.com/fiji/the-fiji-times/20210309/281779926869864
Work for CID:
Sabrina Sharma wrote a guest post on dialogue as reflected thought.