Belgium’s University of Antwerp will confer an honorary doctorate on general merit to renowned Pakistani development worker and founder of Kashf Foundation Roshane Zafar.
This was announced by the rector of the university, Hermann van Gotham. He said that this year the university will give honorary degrees to 4 foreign researchers for scientific merit and one specialist for general merit.
The Honorary Degree for General Merit will be awarded to Roshane Zafar, a Pakistani development activist who is known for her financial empowerment of women.
It should be noted that Roshane Zafar is the daughter of Pakistan’s former Law Minister SM Zafar who is working in the field of women’s economic empowerment.
In 1996, he founded Kashf Foundation, the first specialized microfinance organization in Pakistan.
The foundation has provided loans for economic empowerment to more than 5 million women across Pakistan through its comprehensive financial services program.
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