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CONGRATULATIONS MOMINA MUSTEHSAN AND RESHAM KHAN
Pakistani engineer, mathematician and musician @MominaMustehsan is on this year’s #100Women list. Find out more here https://t.co/GJE6wfc3yo pic.twitter.com/tZkx4quSDp
— BBC 100 Women (@BBC100women) September 27, 2017
Pakistan’s singing sensation and Coke Studio’s famed performer, Momina Mustehsan made her place this year in the list of 100 inspirational and innovative women 2017, released by BBC.
Proud moment for @MominaMustehsan on BBC’s #100women #Teamplay Look out for my 100 Women interview with her in Oct!https://t.co/JLyUSm000S
— Fifi Haroon (@fifiharoon) September 27, 2017
Not only Ms. Mushtehsan but Resham Khan, a British-Pakistani, and a survivor of atrocious acid attack has also been included in the list.
Ms. Khan, who is 21, is in her recovery stage and has taken on the mission to fight the menace of acid-attacks. She has been actively lobbying along with UK legislators to come up with solutions that could bring a halt to this barbarism.
The list includes women aged from 12 to as old as 65. The oldest women in the list is Mehroonisa Siddiqui 65, from India, while the youngest is Ana Luiza, 12, a student from Brazil. India’s women cricket team captain Mithali Raj is also included in this list of most influential women.
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What is the 100 women Campaign?
The women selected in the list are asked to take up challenges each year and devise innovative solutions to problems being faced by women.
In the fifth annual series, women are encouraged to discuss issues relating to women empowerment and to bring a subsequent change in their respective societies.
Divided into four groups, this year these women are challenged to tackle four of the biggest problems faced by women of today: glass ceiling, female illiteracy, harassment in public spaces and sexism in sports.
Utilizing their own experiences, women will come up with the real-life solutions. The campaign is yet to begin. So far only 60 women have been named while remaining 40 women will be added during the season starting this October.
In the fifth annual series, women are encouraged to discuss issues relating to women empowerment and to bring a subsequent change in their respective societies.
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Four teams
Some of the women in the team will be working together in four different cities in the month of October to help people affected by these problems.
While others will provide support and inspiration from their hometowns around the world. Besides, they will also do conversations on radio and social media.
A humble personality, Momina is already active in the media fraternity and is an official ambassador for ‘Islamabad United’ in Pakistan Super League. A philanthropist in nature, she has expressed her wish to initiate a distant teaching program for children in rural areas and has also planned to work for polio-drive.
According to the editor of the program, ‘the challenges are really nerve-wracking but it is also exciting to see what these talented 100 women can achieve in a month.’
Momina Mustehsan already enjoys fame and the magic of her voice has reached India as well. She rose to unprecedented fame with her debut performance on “Afreen Afreen” along with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, in Coke Studio.
Her second big hit in the same Coke Studio was “Tera Wo Pyaar” in which she shared her vocals with Asim Azhar.
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A humble personality, Momina is already active in the media fraternity and is an official ambassador for ‘Islamabad United’ in Pakistan Super League. A philanthropist by nature, she has expressed her wish to initiate a distant teaching program for children in rural areas and has also planned to work for polio-drive.
It would be interesting to see how this certified mathematician and a Biomedical Engineer would inspire the world to change through her charisma.