First Dalit Female MP Of Pakistan Included In The List Of BBC's 100 Most Influential Women Of The World (Videos)

Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan's first female senator from Dalit caste, made BBC's list of 100 inspiring and influential women around the world in 2018. Back in March, opposition candidate Kohli's surprise victory stirred a wave of optimism on social media, as Pakistanis celebrated the rare win for a woman from low caste community that lied at the bottom of the Hindu caste heirarchy. " I feel proud, I am thankful to Pakistan Peoples Party that they nominated me" Kohli told AFP. Pakistan's Hindus, who make up around two percent of the country's 200 million people, have long faced economic and social discrimination. Kohli was elected to the Pakistan senate after compaigning for women's rights, having previously been forced into bonded labour for three years. The list includes women like Chelsea Clinton, daughter of 2017 US presidential election candidate Hilary Clinton for her work with the Clinton foundation to Syrian student Nujeen Mustafa who fled the Syrian war in her wheelchair and compaigns for refugees with disabilities.