About

Kulsoom Khan leads Global Fund for Children?s strategic planning, grantmaking, and capacity building in Asia. Kulsoom has extensive experience in social innovation and a deep commitment to developing creative interventions for child protection and empowerment.

Prior to joining GFC, Kulsoom led several initiatives at Ashoka, including managing global relations with Asia offices, developing the Global Fellow Security program, and expanding Ashoka in Pakistan. Kulsoom also helped launch the Child Rights Initiative with Vision, a Pakistani citizen sector organization that increases awareness of child abuse and develops child protection interventions, and she currently serves on its Board. She also serves on the Board of Accountability Labs, an international nonprofit that enables good governance by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders, and accountable institutions.