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Hunza Valley women challenge Pakistani patriarchy

In tourist-dependent Gilgit-Baltistan, female-run businesses are spreading

Hunzai tourist guide Aziza, left, with a foreign traveler in Pakistan's Hunza Valley. Female-run businesses are on the rise in the South Asian country. (Courtesy of Root Network)
MARCO FERRARESE, Contributing writer | Pakistan

KARIMABAD, Pakistan -- Seated on a set of intricate woven rugs covering the floor of a traditional home in Shiskat, a small village in the Hunza Valley in Pakistan's northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan, I cannot help but feel surprised.

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