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SOCIAL ENTRPRENEUR - Coggle Diagram
SOCIAL ENTRPRENEUR
TIMELINE
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2012
flew to Malala's bedside after she was targeted and shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls.
Inspired by Malala's desire to continue campaigning for gender equality and education, Shiza Shahid decided to help Malala strategize her campaign
created the Malala Fund, which helps empower women and girls by advocating and spreading access to education.
BACKGROUND
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Born and raised in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
At the age of 14 she started working in prisons occupied by women who were convicted of various crimes.
Worked as a volunteer at a relief camp following a deadly earthquake which struck Kashmir in 2005, killing nearly 85,000 people.
CAREER
At the age of 18, Shahid received a scholarship to pursue higher studies at Stanford University and graduated in 2011.
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After completing her higher studies in 2011, she pursued a career as an expert analyst at McKinsey & Company's Office in Dubai.
In 2017, she co-founded NOW Ventures, which focuses on funding startups.
manages business operations for Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014
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