Hadiqa Bashir
Hadiqa is the CEO and Founder of Girls United For Human Rights, a feminist non-profit working towards social justice through knowledge, advocacy, community awareness in tribal regions, and the the elimination of early and forced marriages in Pakistan. Hadiqa is the UN Youth Leader for SDGs from the Class of 2020-2022 and a 2020 Women Deliver Young Leader. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in Sociology from Government Jahanzeb College, Swat.
Friday 5th March
Girls, not Brides
At just 11 years old, Hadiqa Bashir became an activist because she was forced to reckon with a fate that Pakistan's patriarchal society inflicts on many girls and women. In this short snippet, the teenager shares her incredible journey of advocating against child marriage and what propelled her into action at such a young age.