
Saba Khalid
Saba Khalid is an award-winning social entrepreneur, public speaker, activist and journalist from Karachi, Pakistan. Having worked with digital, print and television, she founded Aurat Raaj, a women empowerment, education and entertainment platform that uses digital technologies in 2017. She is behind its key product “RAAJI”, a chatbot that educates girls on taboo health, safety and hygiene topics such as menstruation, pregnancy, STDs and consent. Raaji has won the Vodafone Innovation for Women prize, is an MIT Solver, and is The Pollination Project grantee. Raaji has also received the TVE AI empowering the future award at the BAFTA and the Catalyst Prize by the Roddenberry Foundation.
Friday 5th March
Cramping my style
The panel is designed to build awareness and foster open conversation around periods. It is aimed at younger audiences and talks about health, awareness, myths and options. The panel shines a light on young activists in this space who are accessing communities, reaching out to girls and young women and working to break taboos and stigma