4. Roshaneh Zafar?
“ Roshaneh Zafar” the Managing Director of Kashf
Foundation.
History:
Ms. Roshaneh Zafar is the Founder of
KASHF Microfinance Bank Limited.
Ms. Zafar Founded Kashf Foundation in
1996and serves as its Managing Director.
Ms. Zafar worked with the World Bank in
Islamabad in the Water and Sanitation
department for several years.
She serves as the Chairwoman of Kashf
Holdings (Pvt) Limited.
5. Education:
She is a graduate of the Wharton Business
School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Masters degree in Development Economics
from Yale University, USA.
Personality Types:
They are the Enterprising because she takes the risk to do
things in her life.
6. Achievements Of “Roshaneh Zafar”:
Achieved Tamgha-e
Imtiaz by Retired
army Officer, which
is one of the
Pakistan’s highest
civilian awards.
Women’s empowerment and
was also awarded the Skoll Award
for Social Entrepreneurship in
2007.
7. Before Starting Kashf Foundation:
Work with the World Bank.
As a women-in-development research associate on the
water and sanitation sectors.
After Meeting with Prof.Yunus:
She started Kashf foundation after
leaving her job post at World Bank.
Kashf foundation is located in KPK,
Sindh and Balochistan.
Its head office in Lahore.
8. Skills and Techniques of Roshaneh Zafer as a Manager:
Financial Management
Participatory Appraisal
Techniques
Gender and other related
fields
9. Involvement with other Foundations:
She is also involved with other civil society organizations like
Sahil
Sungi Development Foundation
The Family Planning Association of Pakistan.
10. Quotation:
"I see positive
change, political
participation of
women in the
future, I see higher
education for
women, and I
really want to see a
world where there
is social justice.”
11. Organizational Behavior:
Challenges that she face
In Pakistan, 51% of our population’s work is not recognized.
Women do contribute to the economy through informal
activities for which they aren’t remunerated.
One of our key challenges is to build the business case for
investing in women’s economic work.
Gender Issues
12. Why Roshaneh Zafar at prominent position?
She started working in microfinance with the aim of
empowering women economically and
to decrease poverty within their families
to educate them to motivate them without any monetary
reward
She was successfully carry on helping poor woman to enhance
their personalities in today’s society .
The project rihaii a tv drama is the biggest achievement for
her.
such activities make her prominent in the world.
13. Inspiration:
A moment of inspiration and a powerful vision for the future, came
from after a chance meeting with Muhammad Yunus, which installed
a strong belief in socially and economically empowering women
through the Grameen Bank model.
14. Conclusion:
Roshaneh Zafar is pioneering the
development of a women-centered and
women-managed initiative that combines
a micro-level lending and savings
operation with related training and
support activities at the community level.
In 1995, Roshaneh started the Kashf
Foundation. Which offers a new and
potentially transformative model for
helping women access and manage
credit.
