Sima Samar

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Sima Samar is an Afghan physician and human rights advocate renowned for her work promoting women's rights, education, and social justice in Afghanistan.

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instanceOf feminist
human
human rights activist
physician
politician
women's rights activist
awardReceived Alternative Nobel Prize
John Humphrey Freedom Award
Nuremberg International Human Rights Award
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Right Livelihood Award
countryOfCitizenship Afghanistan
degree medical degree
educatedAt Kabul University
Kabul University
surface form: Kabul University Faculty of Medicine
ethnicGroup Hazaras
surface form: Hazara
familyName Samar
fieldOfWork education
human rights
social justice
women's rights
founded Shuhada Organization
gender female
givenName Sima Samar self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sima
knownFor advocacy for women's rights in Afghanistan
defense of human rights in Afghanistan
healthcare services for Afghan refugees
promotion of girls' education in Afghanistan
languageSpoken Dari
English
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
movement human rights movement in Afghanistan
women's rights movement in Afghanistan
name Sima Samar self-link
notableWork establishing schools and clinics for Afghan women and children
occupation human rights advocate
physician
politician
participatedIn Bonn Conference on Afghanistan (2001)
placeOfBirth Afghanistan
Ghazni Province
Jaghori District
positionHeld Chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
Chair of the Commission for the Prevention of Torture in Afghanistan
Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan
Special Rapporteurs
surface form: United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan

Vice President of the Interim Administration of Afghanistan
religion Islam

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Olof Palme Prize hasAwarded Sima Samar
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