Razia obtained her BA(SW) degree at the University of Port Elizabeth in 2001. She then went on to complete her MA(SW) at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and graduated Cum Laude in 2003. The focus of her research in her Master’s studies was on Muslim women’s experiences of domestic violence. Razia completed her DPhil (SW) in 2019 where her research focus was on mediation between unmarried parents. She went on to develop guidelines for mediation in order to enhance the parental involvement of unmarried fathers. She has experience in family counselling, marriage counselling, mediation, trauma support and employee wellness. Currently Razia is a lecturer in the Department of Social Development Professions at Nelson Mandela University. Her areas of expertise are couple therapy and interventions, mediation, mentoring, family care and childcare as well as child protection. Razia is passionate about mediation and is an accredited mediator who was trained on family and divorce mediation by the Social Justice Network in 2019. She believes that mediation is the tool for transforming conflicted relationships as it can bring about harmonization in and amongst systems experiencing conflict.