Shireen Rexina Lateef was a Fijian women's rights activist, known for her work on gender equality at the Asian Development Bank.
[4] She attended Monash University, graduating with a Ph.D. in social anthropology and education, which included significant fieldwork among Indo-Fijian women in the Fijian capital, Suva.
[4] Lateef was a longtime gender equality activist, considered an inspiration behind the feminist movement in Fiji.
[4][5][6][8] Among her work at the ADB, she is best known as the architect of the bank's Policy on Gender and Development, which guided its efforts to support equality for women.
[6][9] Over 23 years at the bank, she pushed for the organization to recognize how development projects can impact women in often overlooked ways.