Английская Википедия:Aziza Ahmadyar
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Aziza Ahmadyar is an Afghan politician and women's rights activist. She also founded the Afghan Women's Resource Center. Currently, Ahmadyar is a Foreign Liaison Director for the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism in Afghanistan.
Biography
Ahmadyar was raised in Kunduz and went to Kabul University to study literature.[1] She came back to Kunduz to teach and coach girls' sports.[1] Ahmadyar credits her father's progressive views, "supporting her education and professional development" as part of her success later in life.[1]
In 1975, she was elected as a representative of Kunduz to help draw a new national constitution at the Constitutional Loya Jirga.[1] She was one of six women representatives at the event.[1]
In 1978, Ahmadyar's father was pressured to join the Communist Party and when he refused, he was assassinated in his home, causing Ahmadyar to become "skeptical of all party politics."[1] During the time of Soviet occupation in Afghanistan, Ahmadyar taught for some time in Kabul, but in 1989, she fled and was a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan.[1]
In Peshawar, she became involved with the International Rescue Committee.[1] In 1989, she founded the Afghan Women's Resource Center (AWRC), which worked to provide professional educational tools to teachers.[2][3] When the Taliban withdrew in 2002, AWRC became the first Non-governmental organization (NGO) to establish a presence in Kabul.[4]
In 2005, Ahmadyar was chosen for the new position of Foreign Liaison Officer in the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.[1] In this capacity, she also discusses how security is a problem for women in Afghanistan.[5]
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