Wonder Women of Pakistan: Razia Sultana

Razia Sultana, 47, had only a high school education. In 2016, she started Spiza Sports Co. in Sialkot city of Pakistan’s Punjab province. In 2017, Sultana attended a training organized by UN Women and funded by Proctor & Gamble, called Stimulating Equal Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs. There she learned about garment-making, online marketing and the use of social media for taking orders. For helping herself and many other workers, she was featured in the Wonder Women of Pakistan series produced by UN Women Pakistan. Her work helps achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, on gender equality, and Goal 8, on decent work and economic growth.