Name: To learn is to be free
Uploaded: 2018-03-01T20:59:46Z
Duration: 12 min 25 s
Description: Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school. In an eye-opening, personal talk, Akhtar recounts how the opportunity to get an education altered the course of her life -- and ultimately changed the culture of her village, where today every young girl goes to school.

Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school. In an eye-opening, personal talk, Akhtar recounts how the opportunity to get an education altered the course of her life -- and ultimately changed the culture of her village, where today every young girl goes to school.

Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free

To learn is to be free

Posing as a boy for education, a girl's resilience transforms her village, ensuring every young girl now attends school.

Empowering rural communities, she defies gender norms, leveraging her education to foster societal change and promote literacy.

Through leadership and education, she illuminates paths for others, proving knowledge as a cornerstone for freedom and equality.