In the face of global injustice and environmental neglect, Shadan Kapri’s voice doesn’t just echo—it rallies. With unyielding conviction, she challenges systems of power that exploit people and demands change with a global movement rooted in justice, equality, and radical accountability. As an international human rights attorney, family law advocate, and bestselling author, Kapri’s career has been dedicated to confronting systems of inequality wherever they hide. Heralded as the next-generation Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kapri is not merely following in the footsteps of trailblazers—she’s carving out new paths amid the ashes of failed dreams for generations of women who came before her.
Her advocacy work is deeply personal in nature—born in Tehran and raised in the United States after fleeing the Iranian revolution with her family, Kapri is a first-generation immigrant who brings a personal lens to her global mission for justice. “I was raised with an inherent understanding of the injustices in the world, the injustices against women, the injustices that my ancestor’s faced on a daily basis. To me it’s very personal to give them a real voice so their pain is not erased simply because history books never acknowledged generations of women whose voices have been drowned out by the patriarchy,” she shares.
Like the legendary Justice Ginsburg, Kapri never set out to make big waves but became an attorney to further women’s rights as clearly seen in her family law practice—where she fights for women’s rights on a daily basis in cases of domestic violence, divorce, and custody.
Her journey as an advocate began over two decades ago when she graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law. With a clear commitment to defending individual rights, Kapri founded Kapri Law & Consulting, an international law firm specializing in family law, civil rights, and international human rights. Her work with clients around the world focuses on empowering individuals navigating complex legal situations.
A Voice for Global Change: Advocacy Beyond the Courtroom
Like Ginsberg, Kapri’s advocacy is driven by a deeper mission: systemic reform. She challenges the status quo by calling for changes to the structures that perpetuate inequality in the U.S and around the world.
Through their writings, Ginsburg and Kapri both demonstrate that advocacy does not end in the courtroom—it pulsates through public discourse, policy, and education. As writers and attorneys, both harness words like arrows—sharp, purposeful, and aimed at dismantling injustices. Kapri writes with a clarity that awakens and an urgency that galvanizes. Her work refused to settle for status quo victories; instead, urging society to do better and dream bigger.
Yet, she brings something new to the activist realm as a legal scholar and storyteller who speaks to a generation of women hungry for real progress after the overturning of Roe v Wade. With a résumé that reads like a manifesto for change—advanced degrees in international relations, law, and journalism—Kapri doesn’t just fight for justice. She redefines what that fight looks like—not as a legal mission but as a greater global movement.
Her first book, The Red Movement: Social and Environmental Justice in the 21st Century, became an international human rights bestseller. It shows how the injustices against the Earth and the injustices against people are related and how people can fight back through conscious consumerism. Kapri connects the dots between modern-day slavery, environmental degradation, and consumer responsibility, empowering readers to become sparks for change in their own communities and around the world. Her work transforms words into silent revolutions in literature, encouraging readers to understand and wield their individual and collective power for a greater good.
In The Red Movement, Kapri explores how human trafficking and forced labor remain widespread, often in industries that rely on global supply chains. Kapri highlights the challenges in recognizing these practices, as many workers are hidden from public view, yet their exploitation contributes to the production of everyday goods people take for granted, from electronics to clothing and even chocolate and coffee. She encourages readers to reflect on how consumption habits may inadvertently support harmful practices, advocating for ethical consumer choices that prioritize human rights, environmental sustainability, and free trade products.
Her second book, Corporate Greed: The Human Cost, addresses the exploitation of labor and the environment by large corporations that shift their operations overseas. In this book, Kapri critiques how some companies take advantage of weak labor laws and environmental loopholes to increase profits, often at the expense of vulnerable communities. She discusses how healthcare and housing policies, as well as banking practices, can also perpetuate cycles of poverty and inequality. Through these books, Kapri makes a compelling case for collective action in challenging exploitative corporate practices to create an equitable future for all and not a selective few.
Fostering Personal and Societal Transformation
While Kapri is passionate about systemic reform, she also emphasizes the importance of personal empowerment and transformation in that journey. Her third bestselling book, Discovering Your Passion: The Path to Your Authentic Life, encourages individuals to explore their personal purpose and align their lives with the things they are most passionate about. Kapri believes that fulfillment comes from living authentically and following one’s calling or purpose, rather than adhering to cultural expectations of success. It offers practical advice on self-discovery, encouraging readers to reflect on their passions and build careers and lifestyles that mirror those. “The courage to follow your passion is the key to unlocking a life of meaning and fulfillment,” Kapri writes. This message underscores her broader philosophy that justice and personal fulfillment are intertwined, and that individuals play an essential role in shaping a better future both individually and collectively.
Shifting Consumer Mindsets: The Call for Change
Central to Kapri’s advocacy is her call for collective and strategic actions. She believes that true societal change doesn’t just come from policy or legal reforms; it comes from the everyday choices that individuals make. People hold immense power through their purchasing decisions, which can either support or challenge systems of exploitation throughout a lifetime.
In her writings, she calls for a shift from passive consumerism to active resistance. By being mindful of where their money goes, individuals can support businesses that prioritize human rights and environmental sustainability. “Our greatest collective power lies in our ability to choose a different future,” Kapri states. “By choosing not to support companies that harm people and the planet, we can create a marketplace where ethics and sustainability are the standard and not the exception.” This mindset shift, she believes, is key to dismantling systems of exploitation around the world.
A Legacy of Empowerment and Justice
Her upcoming book will be her most personal work yet. Part memoir and part historical account, Rising Ashes: The Global Uprising for Women’s Rights, follows her journey as a shy introspective young girl trapped between two different cultures to an advocate for personal discovery and global resistance and transformation.
In her upcoming book, she shares how women are architects of change, building freedoms they may never benefit from around the world from the grandmother in Mississippi who marched for civil rights so her daughter could vote to the mother in Afghanistan fighting for her daughters to attend primary school. She believes the legacy of these women is not written in history books or movies but in cultural practices and norms they fight to change in their own communities, dreams they pass onto the next generation, and generational curses they shatter.
“Like the smoldering ashes of oppression emerging from flames, women have endured—time and time again,” she writes. “Not only for their own survival but for the survival of daughters not yet born. Little girls whose voices have not yet been silenced or disregarded in a world that needs them for basic human survival yet keeps them hidden behind age old gender roles meant to rob them of their autonomy.”
“They are not warriors of war, but of will. In every step forward they leave behind not footsteps—but fire and ashes—to demand change for the next generation of women.”
Kapri echoes Ginsburg’s call to “fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” Both women’s writings demonstrate how the law is not a weapon for the powerful, but a shield for the marginalized. To call Kapri the next Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not to create a comparison—both women’s careers have been deeply personal in nature—but recognize a much needed continuum. One woman sparked a revolution; the other carries the torch, blazing a trail for women across the globe. Justice, in Kapri’s hands, is not merely an institution, a courtroom, or even a set of laws—it’s a global movement and she is just getting started.
To learn more about Shadan Kapri’s social justice initiative, legal practice, or books, visit Kapri Law & Consulting, The Red Movement, or connect with her on Instagram and LinkedIn for ongoing insights into her work and global advocacy.
