Tanzila Khan

Disability Rights Activist

Nationality: Pakistani
Based in: Uppsala, Sweden

Tanzila Khan is a Pakistani entrepreneur and activist, championing disability rights and women’s empowerment. She founded Girlythings.pk for menstrual healthcare and Woopie Town, a disability-awareness board game. Her NGO, Creative Alley, teaches life skills through storytelling. Tanzila created Pakistan’s first accessible podcast, Brain Masala, and highlighted disability in her film and now a webseries, FruitChaat. She received the Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award in 2022 and holds a Master’s in Entrepreneurship from Uppsala University, Sweden.