Fahmida Khan, Deputy Country Representative, UN Women Pakistan

Fahmida Khan brings over two decades of experience in gender and development to a country where women and girls absorb a disproportionate share of every climate shock. In Pakistan, ranked among the ten most climate affected countries in the world, women in flood hit communities are typically the last to be evacuated, the first to lose livelihoods, and the least likely to have a seat at the table when recovery is being planned. Khan’s work at UN Women has been to change that, connecting gender equality directly to climate resilience and making the case that one cannot be achieved without the other.