Saba Haq (Afghan Women's Network - AWN): Saba is from Peshawar, Pakistan. She received her BS in Accounting and Economics from the Stern School of Business at New York University. After graduation, she worked for two years as an Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. Saba also worked as an intern at the United Nations Capital Development Fund in the Special Unit for Microfinance. At the time of her fellowship, Saba was studying for a Master’s degree at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, concentrating on development economics and conflict resolution in Southwest Asia.
The Afghan Women’s Network has been working very hard to promote gender equity in sports for girls in Afghanistan. Next week, I plan on writing about the challenges AWN faced last year when it started a volleyball program in Peshawar, Pakistan and Jalalabad, Afghanistan and it’s plans to expand this program to include schools in Herat and Kabul as well.
Posted By Saba Haq
Posted Jul 14th, 2007
5 Comments
ihsan haq
July 14, 2007
saba i thoroughly enjoysd your thouts and insight.it personally touched me and i felt beindg there with you. keep up the good work. abbu
Kristina Wong
July 16, 2007
Hi Saba, I’m interested in writing an article about your experience in Afghanistan. Instituting equality in women’s sports sounds interesting. If you could email me with your contact information, that would be wonderful. Thanks!
Saba Haq
July 19, 2007
I agree! I think the volleyball program is a fantastic idea. I have read through some evaluations of the high school girls on the volleyball team, and all of them are just so excited about the program and are very thankful for having the opportunity to play.
SANOBAR
May 16, 2009
I LOVE VOLLY BALL BEING APLAYER IN PAKISTAN WHEN I USED TO BE A SCHOOL GIRL IT WAS WONDER FUL I LIVE IN UK NOW AND MISS M,Yhome town as wellas my favourite game i am from back home gujarkhan very very very well wishes from me and all of the pakistani womens from here for this chellenging and wonderful programe thanks sanobar arfan from uk