National Women’s Group: empowering women with blood disorders to blossom

Episode 6 May 18, 2022 00:22:12
National Women’s Group: empowering women with blood disorders to blossom
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National Women’s Group: empowering women with blood disorders to blossom

May 18 2022 | 00:22:12

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Show Notes

Ms Wajiha Javaid has been working with the Haemophilia Foundation – Pakistan (HFP) since she was 16. She is currently Executive member of HFP and coordinator of the National Women’s group, which was officially formed in 2017. 

She shares her experience as a woman living with Von Willebrand disease and part of the core team at HFP which worked on developing the National Women’s group to provide a safe place for women to meet, exchange and learn from each other. She is proud to have seen a lot of girls empowered to blossom over the years.

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