At the recently concluded Annual Conference of The Council Of European Jamaats, Sis Esmat Jeraj was elected as the Assistant Secretary General.

Esmat Jeraj recently graduated with a BA Hons in History from the University of Reading. She is currently the female youth head at Hyderi (South London) Jamaat and a member of the shadow executive committee.

Esmat is a member of the CoEJ Youth Desk (where she is currently organising the 2011 Youth Conference) and helping the CoEJ Secretariat with revamping the CoEJ Round Up publication. She has also been representing the female youth with liaisons with the Ismaili Council and has visited their centre to develop better working relations and share best practise.

In addition to this, she is actively involved with the Citizens UK organisation, representing both her local Jamaat and CoEJ within their various campaigns. Having completed the CoEJ leadership development programme last year, Esmat is well equipped and keen to continue serving her community, bringing with her a fresh outlook and the desire to contribute positively to the running of CoEJ.

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