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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