ZAHRA WYNE

IWID Director

Sewegap Women Hub, Co-Founder

Zahra Wyne is part of the management of IWID and is also a founding member of the SEPLAA Foundation.  She Graduated from Government College of Home Economics, Lahore and gained her professional degree in software engineering at APTECH Institute, Lahore. She has attended courses at LUMS, ICx Seplaa for social enterprise development including sustainable development of enterprises and also took part in an Executive Leadership Development Course at the National School of Public Policy. In 2015 she was selected for the Australia Awards for a short course in ‘Incubation Management’.

Zahra has over fifteeen years of experience in education, management, IT and community development. She has been the Project Manager for the Umeed Jawan(USAID) funded project ‘Promoting social entrepreneurship for peacebuilding through IT & Youth Mobilization in South Punjab.’ In 2015, she co founded the SEW-EGAP Women Empowerment Council. In 2016, she launched her project ‘Smiling through Disability’ which she conducts with special children from Ameen Maktab and Rising Sun School for Special Children.

Zahra is a resilient and determined individual who is passionate about community development, women empowerment and child rights.