Saba Khalid
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Saba Khalid | |
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| Born | 1984 Karachi |
Saba Khalid is a Pakistani social entrepreneur, activist,[1] public speaker, and journalist.[2] She is the founder of the digital content platform, Aurat Raaj.[2][3]
Career[edit]
Khalid worked in the corporate sector for ten years as a communication consultant before turning to writing full time.[4]
Khalid is the founder of Aurat Raaj, a women empowerment,[5] education, and entertainment platform that uses digital technologies.[6] Founded in December 2016, Aurat Raaj’s key product ‘Raaji’ is a AI chatbot that educates girls on taboo health, safety and hygiene topics such as menstruation, pregnancy, and STDs.[7][8][9]
Khalid has completed fellowships including IFA Cross Culture, International Visitor Leadership program, Tech Camp and the Do School fellowship.
Khalid is the finalist of UNICEF Menstrual Hygiene Challenge in 2017 where she developed a cartoon on menstrual hygiene in Urdu and distributed it to rural areas. She pioneered The DO School's entrepreneurial hub DoX in Karachi.
In 2018, she was a finalist of the She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition.[10]
Awards and accolades[edit]
- The start-up's AI-infused bot, Raaji is the recipient of the Vodafone Innovation for Women prize and UKAID ILM Ideas prize.
- 2018: Won the AI Empowering the Future Award at BAFTA in UK.[11][12]
- March 2019: Won the Learning and Education category at the UN World Summit Awards held in Lisbon, Portugal.[13]
Social representation[edit]
Khalid is a keynote speaker and her talks on representation of women in the tech space have been featured in Tech BBQ 2019 and the World Summit of Arts and Culture in 2019.
References[edit]
- ^ "Breaking Taboos with Technology". www.ifa.de. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ a b Team, Cutacut Editorial (2018-03-07). "#WomanCrushWednesday: All the women you need in your life". cutacut. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Pakistani women break taboos with AI". Atlas of the Future. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ innov8pk. "Aurat Raaj!". innovatePK. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Saba Khalid". F6S. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ Adil, Mamun M. (2019-02-27). "Forging ahead". Aurora Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ Singh, Avni (2019-05-14). "In Conversation With Saba Khalid: The Creator Of Raaji Chatbot". Feminism In India. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Pakistani entrepreneur's chatbot 'Aurat Raaj' wins big at BAFTA". The Express Tribune. 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "The Index Project". theindexproject.org. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ Tech, She Loves (2019-03-25). "Aurat Raaj: Empowering Pakistani women through AI". Medium. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ BookItNow. "Learn how you can build, scale and market your ideas for impact | Karachi - Bookitnow.pk". bookitnowpk. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Pakistani woman entrepreneur bags BAFTA award for women empowerment chatbot". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ^ "Saba Khalid". TechBBQ 2021. Retrieved 2020-12-07.