Khalida Brohi
Khalida Brohi is a 23 year old Social Entrepreneur from Balochistan province in Pakistan. Starting her career at the fragile 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 Program called Sughar Women Program. 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 list of 100 Women Who Matter in Pakistan and Awarded Young Women in Business Award and Azm-e-Alishan National Award in Pakistan, Young Champion Award by University of Singapore and The Unreasonable Institute Fellowship Award.
Why Kalida Brohi
When she was a teenager in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Khalida Brohi witnessed the honor killing of her friend, who had married for love. Today, she's the founder and executive director of the Sughar Empowerment Society. The nonprofit, whose name means "skilled and confident woman", provides Pakistani tribal women with the education, skills, and income opportunities to empower them to take a leadership role in their households, their communities, and the world.
As she works to reduce endemic violence against women at substantial personal risk, she says, "Not doing this work would kill me. Doing this work would keep me alive."
Khalida Brohi is a 23 year old Social Entrepreneur from Balochistan province in Pakistan. Starting her career at the fragile 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 Program called Sughar Women Program. 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 list of 100 Women Who Matter in Pakistan and Awarded Young Women in Business Award and Azm-e-Alishan National Award in Pakistan, Young Champion Award by University of Singapore and The Unreasonable Institute Fellowship Award.
Why Kalida Brohi
When she was a teenager in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Khalida Brohi witnessed the honor killing of her friend, who had married for love. Today, she's the founder and executive director of the Sughar Empowerment Society. The nonprofit, whose name means "skilled and confident woman", provides Pakistani tribal women with the education, skills, and income opportunities to empower them to take a leadership role in their households, their communities, and the world.
As she works to reduce endemic violence against women at substantial personal risk, she says, "Not doing this work would kill me. Doing this work would keep me alive."
