On Monday, I had the privilege to be acquainted with an amazing young woman - Khalida Brohi. Turns out we had met at a party the previous night; she is one of the most humble people I have ever met.
Khalida Brohi is a 24 year old Social Entrepreneur from Balochistan province in Pakistan.
Starting her career at the age of 16, she stood up to fight the custom of Honor Killings in her community, later running the campaign "Wake Up" against honor killing and her current initiative a nonprofit organization in Pakistan called Sughar Empowerment Society.
Sughar (English translation: Skilled and Confident Woman), aims to create a society where women are not killed for Honor but are Honored and given equal status. Sughar provides Socio-Economic Empowerment to Tribal Women in Pakistan and using their traditional skill of embroidery as source to help them launch businesses for them.
With the successful take off of Sughar, Khalida plans for the next 10 years to change the lives of 1 million women in Pakistan.
Khalida has been named among Newsweek’s 25 under 25 Women of Impact as well the 100 Women Who Matter in Pakistan by Newsweek and Awarded Woman of Impact Award by Women in the World Foundation, Women Excellence Award by National Government of Pakistan, Young Champion Award by University of Singapore and the Unreasonable Institute Fellowship Award. Along with her roles as Social Entrepreneur and Activist, she is the sister of 8 siblings and a practicing Sufi.
A close friend of Malala Yousafzai (another inspirational changemaker), Khalida was en route to and just addressed world leaders and entrepreneurs like Muhammad Yunus, Mo Ibrahim, Cheryl Sandberg, Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama at the 13th annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting.
What more can I say really?
Meeting Khalida and listening to her amazing story served as a reaffirmation that our generation can make a difference in our world today.
As anthropologist Margaret Mead wrote:
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has”.
Khalida Brohi is a 24 year old Social Entrepreneur from Balochistan province in Pakistan.
Starting her career at the age of 16, she stood up to fight the custom of Honor Killings in her community, later running the campaign "Wake Up" against honor killing and her current initiative a nonprofit organization in Pakistan called Sughar Empowerment Society.
Sughar (English translation: Skilled and Confident Woman), aims to create a society where women are not killed for Honor but are Honored and given equal status. Sughar provides Socio-Economic Empowerment to Tribal Women in Pakistan and using their traditional skill of embroidery as source to help them launch businesses for them.
With the successful take off of Sughar, Khalida plans for the next 10 years to change the lives of 1 million women in Pakistan.
Khalida has been named among Newsweek’s 25 under 25 Women of Impact as well the 100 Women Who Matter in Pakistan by Newsweek and Awarded Woman of Impact Award by Women in the World Foundation, Women Excellence Award by National Government of Pakistan, Young Champion Award by University of Singapore and the Unreasonable Institute Fellowship Award. Along with her roles as Social Entrepreneur and Activist, she is the sister of 8 siblings and a practicing Sufi.
A close friend of Malala Yousafzai (another inspirational changemaker), Khalida was en route to and just addressed world leaders and entrepreneurs like Muhammad Yunus, Mo Ibrahim, Cheryl Sandberg, Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama at the 13th annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting.
What more can I say really?
Meeting Khalida and listening to her amazing story served as a reaffirmation that our generation can make a difference in our world today.
As anthropologist Margaret Mead wrote:
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has”.
No comments:
Post a Comment