Award-winning Pakistani entrepreneur appointed to UN panel on women

Published February 16, 2016
Fiza Farhan. ─ Photo: Facebook
Fiza Farhan. ─ Photo: Facebook

Pakistani entrepreneur Fiza Farhan, co-founder of the Buksh Foundation, has been appointed a Member of the first ever High-Level Panel of the UN Secretary-General on Women’s Economic Empowerment, according to a UN press release.

The panel’s establishment was announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month.

The panel’s main task is to make policy recommendations for governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to “improve economic outcomes for women and promote women’s leadership in driving sustainable and inclusive, environmentally sensitive economic growth”.

The aim is mainly to target economic empowerment for women as part of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Farhan is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Buksh Foundation and Director of Buksh Energy Pvt Ltd., whose business and clean energy loans have been extended to some 12,000 entrepreneurs.

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