Pakistan

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Duration:  2022-2024 Location:  Pakistan Reach:  86,980 children; 62,721 women and female youth Budget:  $999,104 (GCC: $499,123; AKFC: $499,981) Teeko is

How two entrepreneurs are challenging gender inequality in Pakistan

Access to financial services like loans can be challenging in remote and rural communities, like Safia and Hameeda’s village in Pakistan.

How Canada supports girls in Afghanistan, India, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, and Tajikistan

On the tenth anniversary of International Day of the Girl, learn how Canadian investments are supporting and making a difference for girls in Central Asia.

Build on what is there: One doctor’s path to giving back

Dr. Zahir Moloo recently returned from a visit to northern Pakistan, where he helped set up pathology labs at two Aga Khan Medical Centres.

Broadening Economic & Social Transformation for Women’s Economic Empowerment & Recovery (BEST4WEER) 

BEST4WEER aims to improve women’s social and economic empowerment during the process of COVID-19 recovery and rebuilding.

Mufida holds her phone and looks into the camera. She is wearing a colourful headscarf.

Meet Mufida, the first midwife in her community

Mufida is a community midwife in rural Pakistan. She is the only community midwife in her village, which is located

Volunteering and saving lives: Meet Gul Mahoor

Gul Mahoor volunteers as manager of her community’s health relief fund in Pakistan.

Spotlight on Yasmin Karim, Gender Advisor for Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan

“Over my career, I have seen many gender advocates evolve and emerge. Society has also been transformed.”

Spotlight on Jennifer Elms, Gender Advisor at AKFC and AKF-US

“My hope would be that gender equality becomes so part of everybody’s DNA that integrating gender and using a gender lens will be a part of everyone.”