What does privilege really offer women in Pakistan—and what does it still withhold?

Of Pakistan’s 125 million women, less than 50 million live in urban centers. Only 28% participate in the labor force, and fewer than 6% ever make it to managerial roles. Education and employment are available to a tiny fraction, and even then, autonomy is far from guaranteed.

In this episode, I speak with Naima Ahmed, a corporate commercial lawyer raised in a privileged household in Pakistan, now working in Dubai. With access to higher education, career growth, and financial independence, Naima has, by all definitions, made it. But her story reveals that privilege doesn’t guarantee ease, it just comes with a different kind of pressure.

In this episode, we explore:

- The high-performance pressure on educated, privileged women

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