Tahera Hasan
Tahera Hasan is a lawyer and the Founder – Director of Imkaan Welfare Organization. Imkaan, focuses on child welfare, and runs projects in relation to the same, a child adoption programme, Maternity Home, the Community Healthcare Centre with a Mother and Child Health Care Centre and Mental Health Clinic, Khel a learning and recreational centre, Pasban-e-Mahaul – a solid waste management project, Imkaan Legal Aid Centre addressing all legal issues arising out of a lack of identity and in the process for acquiring citizenship for a predominantly stateless population and Imkaan’s Community Centre for Women. Imkaan’s projects have been conceived,
initiated and implemented under her supervision, with extensive work in working with communities. Ms. Hasan work further comprises of raising awareness and advocacy initiatives on the issue of Bengali statelessness in Pakistan. Ms. Hasan has lectured on legal issues in development as visiting faculty at NED University and has lectured as guest lecturer in numerous universities and platforms on issues of statelessness in Pakistan. She was awarded the Ruth Pfau award for ownership by IAM Karachi in the year 2017, the Commonwealth Point of Light Award in 2022 and is a Commonwealth Scholar.