I stumbled upon this photo of my great grandfather today. Although a tiny image that's faded and worn with time, the story of my tribe still burns alive within the traces of his face. In his eyes I see a history of poverty, struggles, dignity and kindness. When we were little, my cousins and I would lie on our cots at night and...

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This week, I had the honor of joining @unesco for a gathering of incredible young activists and social entrepreneurs from all around the world at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. This gathering titled as “Rethinking Youth Engagement with UNESCO”, was like a hackathon focused on creating ideas on how UNESCO can enhance its engagement with young change-makers as well as scale-up their...

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Today we are announcing a big achievement at Sughar! The launch of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Sughar Foundation. As many of you are aware, our goal at Sughar Empowerment Society has been to reach out to 1,000,000 women. With our actions from 2009 until now, we have worked hard to create effective solutions for empowerment of women, worked with the tribal leaders in raising...

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Sughar has a big goal, A goal to create a society where women are not killed for Honor but are honored and given equal status....To reach this goal we at Sughar have been struggling from years to find the right track, the right strategy and that right moment to directly connect with the tribal traditions which we were intending to change! Eventually we...

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The road that leads to this village seems to have no end until the dirt road starts, and then there would come the traces of life far ahead in the midst of bushes and trees. You will see trees kneeling towards the tiny path which is perhaps the only way to get there as on the right there is a beautiful river passing...

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Niamat, Age: 51 is from a small village in Rural Sindh. As a child she suffered from Paralysis and half of her body was never in use after that...Her weaknesses and the continues challenges from the society never made her fall down and become dependent to others as her strong will and her beautiful personality always kept her trying to do more and...

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Sajida, Age 20 is from a small village in Sindh Province of Pakistan. She belongs to a village where education for girls is almost an impossibility but she was among those who constantly struggled to change the minds of her family and go to a school nearby. Although it was not easy but she got permission for her primary education and was enrolled in...

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Sughar Founder Khalida Brohi spoke at Google Annual Zeitgeist Conference in Phoenix! Sughar Fashion Products Exhibited in Social Capital Markets in San Francisco! Sughar Received the Women Excellence Award in Pakistan! Created first batch of Teenage Fashion Products all made by Tribal women in Pakistan! Sughar Women Program, became a TEDx Talk! Sughar Founder Featured in NewsWeek List of 100 Women Who Matter...

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Post by: Khalida BrohiMy friend Laila was only 10 when I knew her, she was a year older then me at that time but fortunately still allowed to come play with us in the sun and outside of our home. We would go out everyday after we are done from reading our Siparas (Holy Quran) and we would meet outside near the old railway...

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This 15th of Feb 2012 marked a significant day in the Fashion Industry of Pakistan as Pakistan's first ever Rural Women Brand called Sughar was launched by Rural Women from Sindh and Balochistan facilitated by Sughar Empowerment Society A national nonprofit in Pakistan. Sughar Empowerment society is a social enterprise which operates in more than 20 villages in Sindh and Balochistan provinces of...

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