Sana Mahmud is a national female sports figure of Pakistan who has contributed significantly in terms of women empowerment and women athletics. She is a Fulbright alumna and former Captain of the Pakistan National Women’s Football & Basketball teams. She has received an honorary position in the Islamabad Basketball Association ...

A staggering 32% of women in Pakistan have experienced physical violence at some point in their lives while nearly one among every three married Pakistani women report facing physical violence from their husbands. Such violence is not only widespread, it is also normalized. Syed Irtiza Ali completed his Annual Small ...

The Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) is the world’s largest U.S.-government alumni network, with over 29,000 alumni spread across the world. To support the creation of an inclusive, safe and healthy environment, PUAN organized a workshop on anti- harassment and digital security on December 28, 2019. Almost 200 alumni from all ...

Mary James Gill has been working in the Center of Law and Justice as a lawyer and former legislator, raising a voice and fighting for the rights of the underprivileged. Recently, she has dedicated her work towards promoting awareness and dignity for those who provide janitorial services for a living ...

Pakistan has come a long way in terms of countering extremism and radicalization. However, ongoing prevention of our people, especially the youth, falling prey to extremist and radical forces requires a focus on development-related causes of and solutions to the phenomenon. Tariq Ali, Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network’s (PUAN) Teaching Excellence and ...

We rise, by lifting others. Farheen Naveed from PUAN Karachi Chapter set out on a mission to prevent violence and empower women living with people with substance abuse disorders to increase awareness regarding domestic abuse, violence and trauma, and different coping strategies to deal with such issues. This project was ...

Syeda Najma Shakur in association with the Women Welfare Organization (WWO) carried out her Annual Small Grant (ASG) project titled ‘Heal Up’, a project aimed at harnessing energies and overcoming the pain associated with disabled individuals. The goal of this project was to equip women with disabilities and mothers of ...