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Ghulam Sughra (born March 2, 1970) is a Pakistani activist.
, Ashoka.org, Retrieved 16 July 2016 She was also beaten by her brothers when she tried to go to school, but she was able to study at home. She was her village’s first female high school graduate and the first teacher at its first
Ghulam Sughra (born March 2, 1970) is a Pakistani activist.
Life
Sughra was forced into marriage when she was twelve years old, but six years later she became the first woman in her village to bedivorce
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganizing of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the ...
d.Ghulam Sughra, Ashoka.org, Retrieved 16 July 2016 She was also beaten by her brothers when she tried to go to school, but she was able to study at home. She was her village’s first female high school graduate and the first teacher at its first
school for girls
''School for Girls'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Sidney Fox, Paul Kelly and Lois Wilson.
. She found that there were no girls to teach. Some of the reasons were cultural, but the main reason she thought was poverty so she endeavoured to find ways to alleviate the poverty.
She was the founder and the CEO of the Marvi Rural Development Organization MRDO in Pakistan
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, which is an NGO whose mission is to create community savings funds and raise awareness of human rights, health, education, and social development issues.
Achievements
She became the first Pakistani woman to win Ashoka Fellowship in 1999 and in 2011, she receivedInternational Women of Courage
The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have ...
award. from the former-US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sughra, Ghulam Living people Pakistani women Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award 1970 births