In an exclusive interview with Propergaanda, well-known women rights advocate and digital creator, Kanwal Ahmed disclosed her recent achievement of becoming the first Pakistani content creator to get featured on YouTube blogs where she was interviewed by YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki, for a Woman’s Day feature, “I think it’s a huge, huge win for our country because being highlighted from so many creators across the world – they could have picked anyone,” says Conversations with Kanwal host. Conversations with Kanwal: A Toronto-based YouTube channel created in 2007 which has now garnered 108K subscribers, Conversations with Kanwal is a safe space that offers common women an open platform where they share their stories of abuse, failed marriages, breach of privacy, and voice their societal experiences through the forum. The inspiration: Kanwal says the women of her community and their lack of on-screen representation is what made her kickstart her digital career, “I wanted our real stories to be heard – loud and clear. I wanted us to be able to reclaim the space that was washed over with the problematic stereotypes that were all over television,” the content creator added. Kanwal’s POV on Pakistan’s digital creation: According to Kanwal, Pakistan is at the ‘initial’ stages, and stated that we have made great content with Zee channel, “There are plenty of great content creators on social media too, doing really cool things,” Kanwal further added that we have a long way to go but with ‘limited’ resources and opportunities, many people are trying their best. Kanwal’s message: The digital creator thinks that this counts as a big win and especially to get this sort of recognition on the occasion of woman’s day is remarkable, ‘It really puts us on the map! Opens doors for more YouTube creators in Pakistan to be looked at with significance.’ Kanwal believes that it serves as motivation to aspiring creators and that impactful content and work you put your heart into always pays off.