Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Girls and young women leading change in Pakistan’s mountain communities

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Climate Action

Young women preparing frontline communities for climate disasters

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Climate Education

Helping teachers turn local climate action needs into classroom learning

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Digital Sovereignty

Digital access, skills, and income pathways for girls in Gilgit-Baltistan

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Four pillars of change

Across Gilgit–Baltistan’s mountain valleys, we build girls’ leadership, climate resilience, digital access, and community-rooted education — one Saheli Circle, one classroom, one valley at a time.

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Girls & Women Saheli Circles

Feminist Leadership

Safe Saheli Circles where girls build voice, confidence, and collective leadership.

Girls gathered inside a Saheli Circle safe learning space

Climate First Responders

Climate Action

Training young women as first responders for the floods and disasters reshaping these valleys.

Young women in a climate response planning session

Digital Skills Freelance

Digital Skills

Digital access, mentorship, and freelance income pathways for young women.

A digital sovereignty mentor working closely with young women

Ages 3–8 Teachers

Early Years Education

Community classrooms and teacher training that make early learning possible in remote valleys.

An early years classroom lesson in a remote valley school

Innovate Educate Inspire Pakistan

Girls & Young Women Leading Action

Building Feminist leadership across climate, digital, and education systems in Gilgit-Baltistan.

IEI Pakistan is a youth-led grassroots feminist collective in Gilgit Baltistan. We work with girls, young women, teachers, mothers, and communities to build safe spaces, local leadership, climate resilience, digital access, and community-rooted education systems.

Our work is grounded in a simple belief: the people closest to the challenges should be trusted, resourced, and supported to lead the change.

Across the Saheli Movement, Climate Action, Digital Skills, and Education streams, IEI creates pathways for girls and young women to gather, learn, speak, organise, earn, respond to crises, and shape decisions affecting their lives.

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Ten Years, Gilgit–Baltistan

A Decade of Impact In Numbers

For ten years, IEI has worked with girls, young women, teachers, mothers, and communities across Gilgit-Baltistan. These numbers show the scale of our work, but impact is not only counted in reach. It is also seen in girls finding their voice, young women leading climate action, and teachers changing classrooms. Read the women's testimonies

Remote regions served by IEI **8 Valleys**

PKR Microgrants for feminist action **1.5 Million**

menstrual kits mobilised during floods **2,000**

Where IEI Works

IEI is rooted in Gilgit-Baltistan's mountain communities. This map shows our physical presence on-ground in 10 areas across the region, which are at the frontlines of the climate crisis. Our work includes local partnerships, learning centres, feminist spaces, digital labs, and community-based climate disaster response units.

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