Tanzila Khan is an entrepreneur, activist and travel blogger from Pakistan. She advocates for disability rights through lobbying, writing and engaging media. Her entrepreneurial ventures include Woopie Town, a board game to educate players on disability and Girlythings.pk, a menstrual healthcare startup in Pakistan. She wrote her first book, ‘A story of Mexico’ when she was just 16 and then went on to publish her second book, ‘The Perfect Situation’. She has sold her books to fund community projects in the fields of disability, women empowerment, education, and the environment.
Her NGO is Creative Alley that helps youth learn lifeskills through theatre and storytelling. She also ventured into Film making and acting to project disability through a heart-warming short film called FruitChaat. She has launched Pakistan´s first fully accessible podcast by the name, ´Brain Masala´ under her banner, Iwish. Tanzila Khan recently won the Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award by King Charles in London in May 2022 for her services. She frequently travels to places and writes and also completed her Masters in Entrepreneurship from Uppsala University, Sweden in 2022.