Layba Zubair

In this 20-hour per week role, I will be working at Auckland Women's Center as Community Organiser for the Anti-Stalking Campaign. My key responsibilities include:

• Growing membership and participation in the Anti-Violence Action (AVA) group, with a focus on women from diverse backgrounds.
• Collaborating on the Anti-Stalking Campaign, advocating for policy reforms and social norm shifts around stalking in Aotearoa.
• Assisting with strategic planning, outreach, and campaign development to reset harmful social norms and advocate for effective anti-stalking legislation.
• Developing opportunities (with other team members) for AVA and also for women around the country to be included in the AWC campaign to reset social norms around stalking and relationships, and the campaign to ensure anti-stalking legislation is fit for purpose.

Elected into the Education Vice-President role at Auckland University Students' Association for 2024, my main responsibility is providing the Student Voice for 40,000+ students at the University. My other responsibilities include:

• Being AUSA's representative on the highest academic-decision making bodies (e.g. Senate, Education Committee, Academic Programmes Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Teaching and Learning Quality Committee, Business Recovery Group, and many others)
• Providing student feedback on policy development at the University of Auckland.
• Working with the President to represent students, especially on an academic basis.
• Helping, as required, with other AUSA events and initiatives (e.g. O-Week, Party in the Spark, etc)

• Reviewed legal information and proofed documentation for errors.
• Performed legal and general research, drafting memoranda, and correspondence.
• Researched statutes, decisions, legal articles, and codes.
• Prepared concise and comprehensive memoranda summarizing key research for clients.
• Performed thorough legal research to strengthen case arguments.
• Researched case law and legal documents to support judicial decisions.
• Wrote policy briefs on relevant human rights issues, i.e forced marriages and conversions.

As The elected Womens' Rights Officer at Auckland University Students' Association for 2023, my responsibilities include:

• Advocating for gender equity at the University of Auckland, particularly through University committees and decision-making bodies
• Chairing the AUSA Mana Wahine Subcommittee
• Pursuing any other initiatives relating to celebrating, supporting and advocating for women on campus.