SheInspires: IVLP alumna Abia Akram is a disability rights activist and founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan. During the 2010 Pakistan floods, she played a central role as coordinator for the Ageing and Disability Task Force to ensure that disability inclusiveness was a part of the UN Humanitarian Emergency Response in the country.

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Courtesy: U.S. Embassy Islamabad