Advisory Board Members
The World Links Arab Region Advisory Council is composed of prominent international leaders in the fields of finance, education, child welfare and politics.
H.H Princess Zahra Aga Khan
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the eldest child of His Highness the Aga Khan, was born 18 September 1970. She received her early education at Le Rosey School in Switzerland and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. (Honours) degree in Development Studies in 1994. Since then she has worked at the Secretariat of His Highness at Aiglemont, in Gouvieux, France. During the course of her studies, she undertook intensive familiarization tours of Aga Khan Development Network projects in health, education and rural support, and economic development in Asia and Africa. Princess Zahra also completed a 4-month program at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, U.S.A., to enhance her understanding of health promotion, and the delivery of advanced medical care services.
Princess Zahra is head of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) located within the Secretariat of the Aga Khan in France. She has policy and management responsibility for the health, education, and planning and building services of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). She also has a key role in policy and strategy matters relating to the other social development institutions of the Network. These include the programmatic activities of the Aga Khan Foundation in the fifteen countries in which it operates, and new developments at the Aga Khan University.
She chairs the International Social Development and Sports Foundation (ISDSF), which acts as a catalyst for replicable, short-term programs addressing issues facing youth, women and the elderly in developed and developing countries alike. The ISDSF provides seed money to drive initiatives at the local level and which fall outside the institutional framework. Its activities to date include the development and launch of wellbeing centers such as fitness centers in India and Pakistan to promote healthy lifestyles in urban centers, as well as Learning Resource Centers. The ISDSF has also helped set up a youth centre in Kenya with a range of recreational activities and study spaces with access to information technology resources. The Foundation has sponsored international conferences for women and youth in Canada and Kenya respectively.
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