Henna Salehi

Henaa Salehi is a commercial lawyer, policy maker, educator, and advocate for women's rights and youth empowerment.
Ms. Salehi was born and brought up in an academic family in Afghanistan. She started her career as a commercial lawyer in 2015 and practiced law for 5 years with some of the top national & international law firms in Afghanistan. Later on, she joined the Afghan government in 2019 as a Legal Expert for the Office of Chief Legal Advisor to the President which later evolved into the Legal Unit of the President. She was also serving as the Acting Director for the Directorate of Regional & International Commitment’s Coordination at the Legal Unit of the President. After this, she was appointed as the Director of Procurement Policy and Legal Directorate, at the National Procurement Authority (NPA) of Afghanistan.
Henaa has a bachelor's in law from Kabul University. She is also a Fulbright Scholar and is currently pursuing her master's in international business & Trade Law at Fordham University, New York City. Apart from pursuing a full-time legal profession, she has been an advocate for women and youth rights for 10 years mainly focusing on gender equality and education.