Hilda Saeed

Hilda Saeed (born 1936) is a Pakistani activist and freelance journalist. She is chair of Shirkat Gah (Women's Resource Center) and a founding member of the Women's Action Forum (WAF) in Pakistan and of the Pakistan Reproductive Health Network.[1][2][3][4]

Hilda Saeed
Born1936
Childrenone daughter
Websitehttp://shirkatgah.org/

Activities

Saeed is a Christian married to a Muslim.[2] Saeed began her career by teaching at an undergraduate university for eighteen years.[2] She worked as a medical researcher, forensic serologist, and also as a journalist.[2][4][5] Saeed helped women and members of minority communities through legal Proceedings.[2][6] Saeed's only daughter is also an active feminist.[2]

Saeed became a women's rights activist in 1978, joining the Shirkat Gah (Women's Resource Center) and becoming its chair. She was a founding member of the Women's Action Forum,[2][7][6][8] and of the Pakistan Reproductive Health Network, which raised issues related to sexual rights. Saeed has represented Pakistan in many international forums.[8]

She was a member of HERA (Health, Empowerment, Rights & Accountability), an international group of women health activists who produced a set of Action Sheets "to ensure implementation of the Programme of Action produced by the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in 1994".][9]

References
  1. Mirsky, Judith; Radlett, Marty (2000). No Paradise Yet: The World's Women Face the New Century. Zed Books. ISBN 9781856499224.
  2. "Hilda Saeed (Pakistan) | WikiPeaceWomen – English". wikipeacewomen.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  3. "Celebrating Pakistani women of past and present". www.thenews.com.pk. 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  4. "Population Planning 2020". The Express Tribune. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  5. "Just 'cause you're a woman – a look at women in Pakistan". Radio Netherlands Archives. 1994-03-02. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  6. Khan, Nichola (2017-07-15). Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi: Publics and Counterpublics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190869786.
  7. Waraich, Sukhmani (2015-07-22). "The Story Behind Pakistan's Feminism Of The 70s And 80s". www.vagabomb.com. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  8. Gul, Ali (2015-08-14). "68 Non-Muslims From Pakistan That Have Made The Country A Better Place". MangoBaaz. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  9. HERA: Health, Empowerment, Rights and Accountability (1995). Women's Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health: Action Sheets (PDF). International Women's Health Coalition. Retrieved 3 April 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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