Zarifa Ghafari
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Key facts
- Born
- 1994 (age 31 – 32), Paktia Province , Afghanistan
- Alma mater
- Panjab University
- Occupation
- Entrepreneur , Mayor
- Awards
- International Woman of Courage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Afghanistan
- Place of birth
- Kabul
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- mayor
- Educated at
- University of the Punjab
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- zarifaghafari.com
- Image
- Zarifa Ghafari 2020 (cropped).jpg
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- ethnic group
- Pashtuns
- date of birth
- 1994-00-00
- name in native language
- ظریفه غفاری
- social media followers
- 94871
- Commons category
- Zarifa Ghafari
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- BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon
- P10632
- Zarifa Ghafari
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Encyclopedic overview
Zarifa Ghafari (Pashto: ظریفه غفاري, Pashto pronunciation: [zəriːfɑː ɣəfɑːriː]; born 1994) is a former female mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of the Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Ghafari was one of the few Afghan female mayors, next to the first Afghanistan's mayor, Azra Jafari and Khadija Zahra Ahmadi, and was also the youngest to be appointed, at the age of 24. She is known for her efforts to advance women's rights in Afghanistan. Ghafari was chosen as an International Woman of Courage in 2020 by the US Secretary of State. She has survived three assassination attempts.
Life and career
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