Tanzila Khan is a Pakistani entrepreneur, disability rights activist, author and founder of Girlythings PK, a platform and website that delivers sanitary napkins to women in Pakistan. Khan focuses on raising awareness of and access to diversity and inclusion in all sectors, reproductive health and education especially for those with disabilities. She has given talks around the world, written two novels, produced a short film, FruitChaat and runs two organizations to de-stigmatize disability. Disability Tax, is a term coined by Khan that describes the extra expenses borne by people with disabilities when institutions do not provide accessible options or equally priced alternatives, hence making life even more costly and challenging for those with disabilities.
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