I am Amene Asgari-Targhi, a teaching fellow at the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. I am an applied mathematician with multidisciplinary training and a background in modeling biological systems. 

Alongside my academic work, I am dedicated to human rights, with a particular focus on children’s rights activism. I worked in Iran advocating for women’s and children’s rights and have continued this work from abroad. I am the representative of Child Rights Activists in Iran (CRAII), a collective of independent activists committed to defending the right to childhood.

I collaborated with several non-governmental organizations in Tehran in different capacities and across key areas of children’s rights, including education, protection, rehabilitation, and refugee support. Our shared mission has been to build a world in which no child is forced to work. A world where every child, regardless of gender, ethnicity, class, or nationality, has the right to play, learn, grow, and live in peace. I am honored to have been part of Iran’s resilient civil society and its unwavering commitment to justice.

My dedication to children’s causes is profoundly shaped by personal tragedy, loss, and grief. A poignant passage from Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore beautifully captures how sorrow and anguish transform us, and it resonates deeply with me:

"Once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in."

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