Dr Daanika Kamal is a Lecturer in Law at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research explores the intersection of gender, law and access to justice, with a particular focus on domestic abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG) in both criminal and family law contexts. She holds a PhD in law from Queen Mary University of London, and has worked across the development, legal and academic sectors as a socio-legal researcher, investigating police practices, litigation strategies and judicial responses relating to gender-based violence.

Daanika's first literary anthological project, The Feminisms of Our Mothers was published by Zubaan Publishers in 2024, and her first academic monograph, Gendering Practices, Domestic Violence and the Law in Pakistan is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.