Reclaim Advisor

Aigerim Seitenova is an international human rights professional, interdisciplinary researcher, and nuclear justice advocate from Qazaqstan.

A third-generation survivor of Soviet nuclear testing and Co-Founder of the Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition, her lived experience informs her research on epistemic injustice, nuclear colonialism, and militarism. Her practice combines legal analysis, community-rooted activism, and experimental artistic methodologies to explore how knowledges, vulnerability, and resistance are shaped within nuclear empires.

Aigerim has led civil society initiatives in Qazaqstan and internationally, secured major grant funding for NGOs, authored policy research and academic papers, and facilitated numerous workshops on nuclear justice. She is also the creator of JARA – Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan, an independent documentary that extends her scholarly work into artistic form. After the premiere of JARA at the UN HQ in New York in March 2025, Jara has been screened throughout Europe and Asia reaching over 2000 people around the world through in-person and online screenings. Aigerim holds an LL.M in International Human Rights Law (University of Essex), an MA in European Studies (Yerevan State University and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), and a BA in International Law (Ablaikhan University).

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