Orzala Ashraf Nemat
NationalityAfghan
Alma materSOAS, University of London

Orzala Ashraf Nemat (Dari: اورزاله اشرف نعمت) is an Afghan scholar and civil society activist.[1] She established the Women and Youth Leadership Centre in 2012.[2] Orzala got her Phd from School of SOAS, University of London[3] in Law and Political Science.[4] During Afghanistan's Taliban Government she put herself many times directly at risk and launched underground literacy and health education programs for women and girls.[4] Orzala published several articles in greater news sources, like the BBC[4] and the Guardian.[5][6][7][8][9]

Nemat is a trustee of Afghanaid and she has earned a world fellows scholarship.[2]

She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Orzala.Ashraf.Nemat". www.mei.edu/.
  2. 1 2 "Orzala Ashraf Nemat". worldfellows.yale.edu/.
  3. ↑ "Orzala Ashraf".
  4. 1 2 3 "Orzala_Ashraf_Nemat". inclusivesecurity.org.
  5. ↑ Afghan women's struggle for their rights will not stop now, Retrieved 23 June 2013
  6. ↑ Afghanistan must stop the murder of its female leaders, Retrieved 17 July 2012
  7. ↑ This year let's celebrate … Afghanistan's grassroots activists, Retrieved 8 March 2012
  8. ↑ What impact did 9/11 have on the world?, Retrieved 11 September 2001
  9. ↑ US surge was not a success for Afghans, Retrieved 23 June 2011
  10. ↑ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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