Social Impact & Development
Syeda Aniqa Shakur
Chief Executive Officer
Women Welfare Organization (WWO)
Biography
Syeda Aniqa Shakur is a development leader and women’s empowerment advocate serving as Chief Executive Officer of Women Welfare Organization (WWO), Pakistan. With more than twenty years of experience, her work spans women’s leadership and economic empowerment, programme development, capacity building, social mobilisation and humanitarian response across Azad Jammu and Kashmir and other regions of Pakistan.
Her approach centres on locally led development and strengthening women’s participation in community decisions. Her submitted work includes establishing WOMENTORS, a youth empowerment and digital skills hub in Rawalakot, and Hidden Pearls Remedial Academy in Muzaffarabad, which supports children with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities.
She has led humanitarian responses to floods and the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside initiatives in women’s entrepreneurship, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. In 2023, she undertook professional development in Agribusiness Value Chains at the University of Queensland through Australia Awards. She seeks to connect community experience with regional and international learning to support more inclusive and resilient communities.
Areas of expertise
- Women’s leadership and economic empowerment
- Capacity building and professional development
- Community mobilisation and participatory development
- Gender equality and social inclusion
- Climate resilience and humanitarian response
- Programme planning and implementation
Key achievements
Established WOMENTORS in Rawalakot, reported in her submission as having trained more than 200 young people in digital and vocational skills. Founded Hidden Pearls Remedial Academy in Muzaffarabad. Led humanitarian response during floods in 2010, 2012, 2022 and 2025 and the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia Awards professional development in Agribusiness Value Chains at the University of Queensland (2023).
Received an award from the Human Rights Council of Pakistan on 10 December 2023, International Human Rights Day, in the category “Social Activist for Women Empowerment.”
International experience
Australia (2023): Professional development in Agribusiness Value Chains at the University of Queensland through Australia Awards.
Thailand (2026): Represented WWO at the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week and ADRRN Annual General Meeting in Bangkok.
Engagement interests
Speaker · Panelist · TV / Radio · Podcast / Webinar · Mentor · Trainer. In-person in Pakistan · Online / virtual · International, subject to individual confirmation.
Professional link
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