Khurshid Bano

Founder & CEO Da Hawwa Lur

Khurshid Bano from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the founder and CEO of Da Hawwa Lur (Daughter of Eve), a woman-led NGO that campaigns against gender based violence and discrimination against women and transgender in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province. An activist and leader since 1986, Bano became the first woman union leader elected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and helped implement laws to end discrimination and violence against marginalized groups, particularly women, in the workplace.

In addition to her work with Da Hawwa Lur, Bano is an active member of the Pakistan Alliance against Sexual Harassment, which has been working for the implementation, drafting, and lobbying of laws on the topic. She has helped implement laws in 32 departments of KP. She is an alumna of the International Peace Maker Program, the University of San Diego.