Women's Action Forum
Women's Action Forum (WAF) is a women's rights organization in Pakistan. == History == Women's Action Forum (WAF) was established in Karachi in September, 1981 by a group of 15 women named Farida Sher, Samina Rehman, Najma Sadeque (1943- 2015) (Founder of Shirkat Gah), Rukhsana Rashid, Ghazala Rahman Rafiq, Farida Shaheed (head of NGO named Shirkat Gah), Fareeha Zafar, Aban Marker Kabraji, Zohra Yusuf (member Shirkat Gah), Nighat Said Khan (founder of Applied Socio-Economic Resource Center-ASR), Humaira Rehman, Sultanat Bokhari, Khawar Mumtaz, Hilda Saeed (member Shirkat Gah), Lala Rukh (1948 – 2017), Nigar Ahmed (1945 – 2017) and Nasreen Azhar, some of whom were associated with Lahore Grammar School, National College of Arts and NGOs like Simorgh, Society for Advancement of Education (SAHE) and Aurat Foundation.