Hera is the Founder of Chayn, an open source gender and tech project that builds platforms, toolkits and runs hackathons to empower women facing violence & the organisations supporting them. Raised in Pakistan and living in London, Hera knew from early on she wanted to empower women found herself drawn to tech start-ups and how technology can be utilised to solve social issues. She is also a keen member of social innovation networks such as Wikipedia, MakeSense, Startingbloc, WEF’s Global Shapers and Yunus&Youth. Hera was named one of the 17 Local Globalists by GOOD magazine, presented by UN Foundation.