Takhmina Shokirova earned a diploma in international relations from Russian Tajik Slavonic University and an M.A. in international law and human rights from University for Peace, Costa Rica. Takhmina has worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Center as a gender issues assistant and has been involved in the project "Religious Identity, Islam and Peacebuilding." She worked as a child protection program assistant at the United Nations Fund for Children.