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Ara was born in Karachi, Pakistan and raised in Hong Kong where her father was working as a banker. [2] She received her early education from Rosaryhill School. [3]After completing her graduation, she started her career as a journalist in a Hong Kong newspaper for a year before moving into advertising.
Pasha was born in Pakistan in 1984. From the age of 15 she engaged in her mother's charity in Pakistan and helped women entrepreneurs from rural areas connect with global market. She developed a network of support to help these women to showcase their products. She then moved to the United Kingdom with her family in 2000.
Roshaneh Zafar (Urdu: روشانے ظفر) is a Pakistani development activist, working in the field of women's economic empowerment.She created the first specialised microfinance organisation in Pakistan, the Kashf Foundation, in 1996 which has served over 5 million women entrepreneurs across Pakistan and continues to pave the path for women's economic empowerment through its holistic ...
The status of women in Pakistan varies across classes, regions and the rural/urban divide due to socioeconomic differences and the impact of tribal and feudal social traditions. Gender Concerns International reports that women's rights in Pakistan have improved overall, with the increasing number of educated and literate women. [9] [10] [11] [12]
Women of Excellence Award by Ladies Fund Pakistan 2014; Forbes 30 Under 30: Social Entrepreneurs 2014 [11] Newsweek 25 Under 25; Young Women in Business Award by Women Development Department Government of Sindh, Pakistan 2012; Azm-e-Alishan (Magnificent Goal) Award by TV-ONE Channel Pakistan 2012; Young Champion Award by National University of ...
The award is for the recognition of successful women entrepreneurs in Pakistan. [37] She was in the winning team of global entrepreneurship summit 2017. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] She was also the first speaker from Pakistan to attend the Game Developer’s Conference, 2017 in San Francisco .
Kashf Foundation (Urdu: کشف فاؤنڈیشن) is a non-profit organization, founded by Roshaneh Zafar in 1996. [1] Kashf is regarded as the first microfinance institution (MFI) of Pakistan that uses village banking methodology in microcredit to alleviate poverty by providing affordable financial and non-financial services to low income households - particularly for women, to build their ...
[22] [23] She is a consultant for the International Finance Corporation on gender diversity and is a social entrepreneur at INSEAD. Since 2014, Sadaffe has also lectured on social entrepreneurship at CEDEP, INSEAD. [6] [24] Sadaffe is also on the board of Pakistan Microfinance Network, UN Women Pakistan Civil Society Advisory Council and Indus ...