NEW YORK — Sidra Qasim was born in Pakistan, where she says girls were taught to do one thing: find a husband.
“It took me so much time to understand gender bias, and once I discovered that, I was able to understand why I was angry,” Qasim said. She chose to turn that anger into passion. But when she decided to become a businesswoman, Qasim was greeted with confusion and frustration.
“It was at first shocking for my parents,” she recalled. “They were not able to understand what it is.”
Still, Qasim was determined to pursue her dream of running a business one day. “I was sitting on the floor
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