Srinagar: Defying all the odds to achieve her goals, a young Kashmiri woman Sahreen Shamim from Srinagar, who left her home without the wishes and consent of her parents some three years ago facing severe challenges and social stigma of being a woman, has outshined and become the first Kashmiri Women to be offered masters of public policy at university of oxford.
She is the second Kashmiri but first Kashmiri woman to secure a place at Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, which is a lifetime opportunity for one. Sahreen, 29, a resident of Srinagar, has done her initial education from Srinagar then moved to Bengaluru for further studies while on her return parents didn’t permit her to work outside Jammu and Kashmir citing societal pressures.
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