Opportunities and Challenges faced by Youth in Pakistan

Kectil World Youth Network

In this episode, we are taken through the opportunities and challenges of youth in Pakistan. Listen to Abiha to discover how much the opportunities and challenges faced by youth are similar across developing countries. Abiha is currently working at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Islamabad, Pakistan. She co-founded Sync City for youth development and mentorship and worked with an education start-up Thilliant during Covid-19. Abiha received the Schwarzman Scholarship (a US Scholarship designed to build a global community of leaders who will deepen understanding between China and the rest of the world) in 2020 to complete her master’s in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. She has worked with the world's largest interest-free microfinance program 'Akhuwat' and has experience working at the British Council. Abiha was part of the first cohort of Kectil Program leaders and attended the Kectil Youth leadership conference, became the President of the Youth Council, and got to play a significant role in proofreading the Kectil book: 'Females in Society.'