Syeda Humaira Anwar

Professionally, I'm a social entrepreneur gone ‘techy’ who is determined to utilize the potential of technology in raising the role of women in Pakistan. Following my motto of empowering 51% (total percentage of women population in Pakistan), I have dedicated my energies to the economic development of women across Pakistan.

I’m Chief Operating Officer for “Girl Digital Leader” a social enterprise that aims to digitally transform the lives of 1 Million young women across the globe. GDL offers a deliberately designed and focused curriculum based capacity building, fully funded trainings on digital literacy, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Alongside this GDL connects these young women with a safe digital platform called Blogspay empowering them to utilized it as their respective earning source. GDL is selected & featured at Wonder Women Tech Conference London 2018, as one the prominent Diversity & Inclusion in Technology Initiative. I also serve as COO at Blogspay.com & Developmental Strategist at TECH Pakistan here I along with my team, work towards building a technology inclusive Pakistan in order to form sustainable solutions to pressing issues.

I hold an honorary position at Iridescent for their worldwide Technovation Challenge as National Ambassador. I have been the delegate to 21 World Business Dialogue organized in Cologne, Germany where I won the Creation Lab by WISO Faculty of University of Cologne. I'm a social enterprise guru; I have received the training in Social Entrepreneurship from Social Enterprise Academy of Scotland in collaboration with British Council Karachi. In continuation of the training, I had developed a curriculum called “Social Enterprise University Model” in local context & deliver nationwide trainings as part of the project. Voluntarily I’m a senior trainer & mentor for INJAZ Pakistan, The Citizen Foundation and TechKaro.

As a person, I'm a highly motivated, friendly, creative, versatile, keen observer and travelholic being.Writing is my first love of life, my writings are the bright product of my close observations and ferociously wandered mind.Reading is my second love of life & it happens to become the fuel for my continual growth and soul for quite a time.