Farah Naqvi is an Indian feminist, writer, educator, consultant, and activist known for her significant contributions to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Her work primarily addresses the equity and inclusion of marginalized groups within public policies, education, development, gender justice, and efforts to combat violence against women.

[1] In 2010, Naqvi was appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the National Advisory Council (NAC), which was chaired by Sonia Gandhi.

[2] She convened the NAC working groups on Strengthening the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Inclusion of Domestic Workers in Sexual Harassment at Workplace Legislation, Scheduled Caste (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP).

[4][5] She co-convened the NAC working groups on Right to Education, Improving Sex Ratio at Birth, Minorities Development, and Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence.

Nirantar published Pitara, a Hindi feminist magazine (1994–2010), writing simply for neo-literate readers in India's rural hinterland.

[14][15] Farah Naqvi lead a study for the BBC World Service Trust called ‘Images and Icons’ on using mass media to reduce Sex Selection.

[21] And was a member of the International Initiative for Justice (2003), a global panel of gender experts, which produced Threatened Existence: A Feminist analysis of the long-term impact of this violence against women.

[26][27][28][29] Farah Naqvi brought together 3 partners (Sadbhavna Trust, Vanangana and Hunnarshala Foundation) for a pilot rehabilitation project for internally displaced people after the Muzaffarnagar riots.

Co-director, Sanjay Barnela), a film set in Muzaffarnagar after the 2013 violence, following the lives of survivors especially women,[36] violently displaced from their homes and ancestral villages.