Humanitarian, Speaker, Author
Rabia is a criminal and human rights lawyer, a retired British Army officer, a former terrorism and war crimes prosecutor, a professional speaker, trainer, MC, facilitator and published author.
In 2006 Rabia was awarded a Queen’s commendation for her human rights work in Iraq and in 2009 was the Runner Up for Australian Woman of the Year UK. In 2013, she wrote and published her memoir, ‘Equal Justice’, which is a story about strength, resilience, courage, conviction and determination.
More recently Rabia was named as one of the 2014 Telstra Business Women’s Award Finalists and one of the 100 most influential women in Australia by Westpac and the Australian Financial Review. Rabia was also announced as a finalist for the 2016 Australian of the Year Awards. She received a standing ovation from an audience of 1700 for her TEDx talk ‘Courage Under Fire’.
She is committed to giving back to her community and profession, and to this end Rabia serves as a Patron, Ambassador and Board Member of several not for profit and education-based organisations.
