Bushra Hyder
Bushra Hyder is a Pakistani schoolteacher and peace activist.[1][2] Hyder has a Master's in English literature.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Hyder founded and runs the Qadims Lumiere School and College in Peshawar, Pakistan,[2] which had 1000 students in 2012.[4] The school places a heavy emphasis on its peace curriculum, introduced in 2009,[5] which entails education on a variety of religions and cultures designed to foster understanding and acceptance.[1][5][2] Hyder has lobbied to get other schools in the region and country to implement similar curricula.[1][2]
Hyder has co-founded the Women's Alliance for Security Leadership,[1] and is a member of the PAIMAN Alumni Trust Pakistan, an organisation which opposes Islamic extremism.[6] She works with politicians and religious leaders to counter extremism.[7]
In 2015, she was one of the 17 women who “change the world” and participated in the 2015 Inclusive Security conference.[8]
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