Choosing Their Path: Empowering Girls through Education
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Happy International Women’s Day! This year we’re highlighting three amazing girls from Project Lehar. Project Lehar, which means “wave” in Urdu, works to empower and improve the quality of life of out-of-school adolescent girls. Begun by Aga Khan Foundation India in 2015 with support from the United Nations Population Fund and Canada Fund for Local […]
Recognition, Solidarity, Hope: Helping Marginalized Women Participate More Fully In Society
In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8th, Aga Khan Foundation (India) CEO, Matt T. Reed, reflects on the challenges that marginalized Indian women face daily. Reed also highlights lessons from the Foundation’s work in India in three main capacities. Read more in Huffington Post India here.
International Women’s Day: An Inspirational Woman from Tajikistan
Tursunmo Khudododova, 74, from Khorog, Tajikistan is an active women’s leader in her community. She has organized many women-focused Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), committed to improving women’s financial circumstances, with the support of the Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (MSDSP), a project of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF). Tursunmo has lived almost her entire life […]
International Women’s Day 2016
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “Pledge for Parity” and focuses on celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. We could not think of a better person to highlight then Tursunmo Khudododova. Tursunmo Khudododova “Educated and independent women are a strong development force.” Tursunmo, 74, from Khorog, Tajikistan has been an […]
International Women’s Day 2015
Women Who Make It Happen To celebrate International Women’s Day 2015, on March 8th, the Aga Khan Foundation spotlighted “Women Who Make It Happen.” We celebrated women who are deeply committed to the work of the Aga Khan Development Network and ending poverty. This year, we shared the in-depth story of one Afghan woman who faced great obstacles to make […]
Women Who Inspire: Oistamo Mamadsaidova and a Brighter Future
This blog is the fifth in our series of stories of “Women Who Inspire” for International Women’s Day 2014. Oistamo Mamadsaidova works with an electric utility in the mountains of Central Asia and knows firsthand the difference that access to electricity makes for women’s lives there. She has been with the Aga Khan Development Network […]
Women Who Inspire: Najma Rashid and Education for All
This blog is the fourth in our series of stories of “Women Who Inspire” for International Women’s Day 2014. Najma Rashid finds inspiration in her work every day. She has worked with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in a variety of capacities for nearly 21 years, focusing on early childhood education. Currently, she serves […]
Women Who Inspire: Fridah Mathembe and the Girl’s Forum
This blog is the first in our series of stories of “Women Who Inspire” for International Women’s Day 2014. Fridah Mathembe works to make education a reality for some of the most under-served children in East Africa: girls. She is a Communications Specialist with the Education for Marginalized Children in Kenya (EMACK) program of the […]
AKF USA Celebrating International Women’s Day
Today, March 8, 2012, Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. (AKF USA) is celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting the critically important contribution women play in our development work around the world. As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon notes on the occasion, “Rural women and girls — to whom this year’s International Women’s Day is devoted — make up […]