Pegah is a human rights activist based in Europe, mostly focusing on the impact of environmental degradation towards young people and their access to their human rights. She started her work from the age of 11 and since then has worked towards voicing the concerns of young people to decision making bodies, including local, national and regional institutions. She is currently the Co-Chairperson of Programming Committee on Youth [PC], an intergovernmental body within the Youth Department of Council of Europe which establishes and monitors the programmes of European Youth Foundation and European youth Centres in Budapest and Strasbourg.