Courage, Honor and Hope: An Evening with Khalida Brohi

• 2018
• International
• Women/Gender

Not even thirty years old, Khalida Brohi already has a globe-spanning career as an activist, from empowering and educating Pakistani men and women to speaking on some of the most prestigious world stages. She has been lauded by Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and by TED leader Chris Anderson, who said, “Her story…is beyond belief. It’s incredible that someone so young could achieve this much through passion and ingenuity.”

On Thursday evening, December 13, Khalida will share her new memoir, I Should Have Honor, interviewed by Lauren Schiller of Inflection Point at one the most amazing venues in the the Bay Area, The Women’s Building in San Francisco.

When Brohi was sixteen, her cousin was murdered by her uncle in an honor killing. From a tiny cement-roofed single room home in Karachi, Pakistan where she was allowed ten minutes of computer use per day, she created a viral Facebook campaign, leading her on a global quest to speak up for women and speak out against cultural practices that keep women down. She’s now been named one of Newsweek magazine’s 25 Under 25 Women of Impact and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs.