Setting a new standard for adolescent health and wellbeing in Khorog, Tajikistan
As youth mentors, Pokizamo and Gulbahor train their peers to be better prepared for all of life’s changes as teens transition from childhood to adulthood.
Tajikistan
- All
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Canada
- Central Asia
- East Africa
- Egypt
- India
- Kenya
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Pakistan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
A series of fortunate events: From a Fellow to a CFO
Inam Teja was part of the 2019 – 2020 AKFC International Youth Fellowship cohort and was placed with Accelerate Prosperity
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.
The first class: Making history at the University of Central Asia
As we celebrate the class of 2021, we caught up with Shabana Manji, UCA’s Senior Manager of Student Affairs.
Foundations for Health and Empowerment (F4HE)
F4HE aims to improve the health and well-being and enhance equitable development and empowerment of women and girls.
