Sevim Saadat has worked as a legal practitioner licensed as an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan and consultant for over 9 years in the justice sector in Pakistan, specifically focusing on gender-based rights, the legal education and legal empowerment of marginalized groups. Sevim has made significant contributions to women’s marriage rights in Pakistan through research (including the authored ‘Diagnostic Study of Nikkahnamas in Punjab: A Review of Women’s Marriage Rights’), awareness-raising initiatives for youth, workshops in educational institutions, clinical programs, and social media campaigns. Sevim has also co-authored a seminal research on the extension of constitutional guarantees to the newly-merged districts in KP and was also the principal researcher for Accountability for Rape: A Case Study of Lodhran – a report on legal challenges in accessing justice in rape trials in Punjab. Sevim serves as Director Programs at Musawi.