SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jamila Afghani

1976 - Today

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Jamila Afghani (Dari: جمیله افغانی; born 1976 in Kabul) is a feminist and an activist for women's rights and education in Afghanistan. She is the founder and executive director of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO). She is also an executive member of the umbrella organization Afghan Women's Network (AWN). In 2022, Jamila Afghani was awarded the seventh annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jamila Afghani is the 775th most popular social activist (up from 800th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 166th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Afghan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jamila Afghani ranks 775 out of 840Before her are Gauri Lankesh, Polly Higgins, Bibi Aisha, Suren Gazaryan, Eva Abu Halaweh, and Farhad Fatkullin. After her are Pablo Hasél, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Alicia Garza, Cindy Sheehan, Gigi Ibrahim, and Virisila Buadromo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Jamila Afghani ranks 859Before her are Eduardo Bustos Montoya, Barry Opdam, Jervis Drummond, Mikael Samuelsson, José Théodore, and Alexandre Goulart. After her are David Lyons, Norio Murata, Carlos Jiménez, Rodrigo Fabri, Pablo Mastroeni, and Lee Baxter.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Jamila Afghani ranks 163 out of 177Before her are Aryana Sayeed (1970), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Paweł Wojciechowski (null), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), Bibi Aisha (1991), and Robina Muqimyar (1986). After her are Roya Sadat (1983), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Nadia Ghulam (1985), Rashid Khan (1998), Balal Arezou (1988), and Faysal Shayesteh (1991).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Jamila Afghani ranks 7Before her are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Malalai of Maiwand (1861), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Zakia Zaki (1962), Aqeela Asifi (1966), and Bibi Aisha (1991). After her are Sonita Alizadeh (1996), and Aziza Siddiqui (1983).