For Ghulam Sughra Solangi, recipient of the International Women of Courage Award 2011, a forced marriage and the denial of an education became the basis of a movement that changed her life and that of hundreds of Pakistani women.
If there’s one theme to Ghulam Sughra Solangi’s life, it is how tables turn if one pursues an objective with unwavering resolve.
–snip– Eventually, with increasing donations from other non-governmental organisations, MRDO also implemented projects in Punjab and Balochistan. Members now liaise with the Aga Khan Foundation, ILO and Oxfam for capacity-building training and establishing sources of micro-credit loans.
Sughra’s organisation has expanded constantly, but it hasn’t been easy.
via Positive Pakistani: Turning lives around – The Express Tribune.
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