Category
page 1Afghan women activists

Malalai Joya
Afghan politician
Zarifa Ghafari
mayor of Maidan Shar, Afghanistan, since March 2019
Jamila Afghani
feminist and women's rights activist in Afghanistan
Suraya Pakzad
Afghan women's rights activist
Malalai of Maiwand
national folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local Pashtun fighters against the British troops (1861–1880)
Faiza Darkhani
assistant professor, climate, BBC 100 women
Wazhma Frogh
Afghan women's rights activist
Leena Alam
Afghani actress
Shukria Asil
Afghan women's rights activist
Sakena Yacoobi
Afghan activist
Zuhal Atmar
Afghan environmentalist and businessperson
Mahbouba Seraj
Afghan journalist, activist for women's rights (1948-)
Laila Haidari
Afghan human rights activist
Benafsha Yaqoobi
Afghan disability rights activist
Hasina Jalal
Afghan activist
Rangina Hamidi
afghan-American activist, writer and politician
Shafiqa Quraishi
Afgan women's rights activist
Fatema Akbari
entrepreneur
Safia Ahmed-jan
Women's rights advocate from Afghanistan (1941-2006)
Wahida Amiri
one of the organisers for the Spontaneous Movement of Women Activists in Afghanistan
Amina Azimi
Afghan activist
Nasrin Husseini
Afghani veterinary researcher, refugee advocate, and food activist
Sahar Fetrat
Afghanistan Feminist Activist
Crystal Bayat
Afghan human rights activist
Razia Barakzai
Afghan women's rights activist
Tamana Zaryab Paryani
Afghan women's rights activist
Najiba Ayubi
Afghan journalist and activist
Najwa Alimi
Afghanistan journalist and human rights activist
Freshta Karim
Children's right activist
Pashtana Durrani
Afghan educator
Freshta Kohistan
Afghan woman's rights activist and a pro-democracy advocate

Safiya Wazir
Community activist - first Afghan refugee to be elected as a state representative in New Hampshire, United States.
Horia Mosadiq
human rights activist, journalist and political analyst from Afganistan
Farkhunda Muhtaj
Afghan association football player
Humira Saqib
Afghan journalist and human rights activist
Basira Paigham
Gender-minorities activist
Summia Tora
Afghan campaigner for refugee rights
Nilofar Sakhi
Afghan activist

Sara Wahedi
entrepreneur from Afghanistan
Farahnaz Forotan
Afghan journalist
Soraya Rahim Sobhrang
Afghan politician, physician, and human rights activist
Masuada Karokhi
Afghan peace activist, women's rights advocate
Halima Sadaf Karimi
Afghani politician and former MP
Najla Ayoubi
Afghan women’s rights defender, lawyer and judge
Qadria Yazdanparast
Women's rights/Human Rights in Afghanistan
Shabnam Nasimi
British-Afghan social activist and political commentator
Nila Ibrahimi
activist for the rights of Afghan women and adolescents
Quhramaana Kakar
Afghan peacemaker
Asila Wardak
Afghan leading women's right activist and former diplomat. She was one of the Afghan delegates to the Doha Peace Talks
Salma Niazi
Afghan journalist
Palwasha Hassan
Afghan women's rights activist
Zohra Rasekh
Afghan physician, diplomat, and feminist
Fereshteh Forough
Afghan social activist and entrepreneur
Shafiqa Ziaie
Afghan educator and cabinet minister