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.
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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.”
In their words: Gender equality and international development
We sat down with four gender advisors from across the AKDN to talk about their work and learn about development from their perspectives.
Spotlight on Zohra Bano, Regional Gender Advisor for Aga Khan Foundation
“I have been working on projects that focus on auditing gender equality, economic empowerment, health, education, conflict resolution, resilience building, climate change, to name a few.”
Clean energy: Bringing equity to vulnerable communities
AKFC hosted a panel to discuss the role clean energy can play in bringing equity to vulnerable communities.
Teeko+
Teeko is a mobile Android application (App) and web portal that assists government administrators to track and monitor vaccinators and immunization coverage.
