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Sadaffe Abid, “Investing in women is critical”

Revealing

27/11/2023

Sadaffe has always had very strong female role models who taught her that women can make their own choices. As a young adult, she could not stand the inequalities affecting women in her home country, Pakistan. After studying in the US, she created the Circle Association of Women to play an active role in empowering women facing multiple vulnerabilities, especially through digital literacy, that she considers as a basic human right.

In co-production with the L’Oréal Fund for Women, “Revealing” tells the stories of those who, every day, contribute to changing society.

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