Ghulam Sughra
{{Short description|Pakistani activist}}
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Ghulam Sughra (Urdu: غلام صغری; born March 2, 1970)[https://dailytimes.com.pk/119405/ghulam-sughra-solangi-a-woman-of-courage/ Ghulam Sughra Solangi a woman of courage], dailytimes Pakistani, Published by Salman Ali on AUGUST 25, 2017. is a Pakistani activist.{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/157710.htm|title=Secretary Clinton To Host the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=27 November 2014}}
Life
Sughra was forced into marriage when she was twelve years old, but six years later she became the first woman in her village to be divorced.[https://www.ashoka.org/node/2780 Ghulam Sughra] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127170131/https://www.ashoka.org/node/2780 |date=January 27, 2012 }}, Ashoka.org, Retrieved 16 July 2016 She was also beaten by her brothers when she tried to go to school, but she was able to study at home. She was her village’s first female high school graduate and the first teacher at its first school for girls.{{cite web|url=http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/iwoc_1.html|title=Events 2011 - Embassy of the United States Islamabad, Pakistan|publisher=Islamabad.usembassy.gov|access-date=27 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205043647/http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/iwoc_1.html|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=dead}} She found that there were no girls to teach. Some of the reasons were cultural, but the main reason she thought was poverty so she endeavoured to find ways to alleviate the poverty.
She was the founder and the CEO of the Marvi Rural Development Organization MRDO in Pakistan, which is an NGO whose mission is to create community savings funds and raise awareness of human rights, health, education, and social development issues.
Achievements
She became the first Pakistani woman to win Ashoka Fellowship in 1999{{Cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Shahzada Irfan|title=MORE POWER TO HER|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/you/704288-more-power-to-her|access-date=2020-09-06|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}} and in 2011, she received International Women of Courage award.{{cite web|title=Education key to changing women's lot|url=http://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/04/27/education-key-women-pakistan/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205045157/http://womennewsnetwork.net/2011/04/27/education-key-women-pakistan/|archive-date=December 5, 2014|access-date=September 5, 2014}}{{cite web|date=30 June 2011|title=Secretary Clinton To Host the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/157710.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525193217/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/157710.htm|archive-date=25 May 2019}} from the former-US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Category:Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award