Talat Yaqoob is a Scottish campaigner, social researcher, and media commentator who focuses on system and policy change related to women’s equality, anti-racism, intersectional analysis of inequalities, and public participation in policy-making. She was educated in Scotland, at Heriot Watt University and the University of Edinburgh.

In order to amplify women of color’s expertise and challenge who has access to influence and media in Scotland, she launched the Pass the Mic project in October 2019. She was the director of Equate Scotland from 2016 to 2020, working on women’s equality across the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) sectors. During this time she conducted the first intersectional analysis of women’s experiences in STEM in Scotland. She is co-founder of the cross-party campaign group Women 50:50, advocating for fair representation for women in politics. She is also co-chair of the First Minister’s Advisory Council on Women and Girls.

Her most recent research work includes an analysis of racism and people of color’s experiences in labor-market initiatives, and public attitude change methodology on women’s equality. She is an award-winning writer, and in 2018 was awarded the Outstanding Women of Scotland award from the Saltire Society. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2020, and a mural of her was sited in Edinburgh as part of a celebration of women in STEM in 2021.