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 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Jamila Afghani is the 810th most popular social activist (down from 804th in 2024), the 170th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 166th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Afghan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jamila Afghani ranks 811 out of 840. Before her are Bibi Aisha, Rahibai Soma Popere, Vanessa Nakate, Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei, Suren Gazaryan, Eva Abu Halaweh, and Farhad Fatkullin. After her are Carola Rackete, Pablo Hasél, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Alicia Garza, and Cindy Sheehan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Jamila Afghani ranks 933. Before her are Eduardo Bustos Montoya, Barry Opdam, Jervis Drummond, Mikael Samuelsson, José Théodore, and Alexandre Goulart. After her are Babo, David Lyons, Page Kennedy, Norio Murata, Carlos Jiménez, and Rodrigo Fabri.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Jamila Afghani ranks 170 out of 177. Before her are Paweł Wojciechowski (null), Mustafa Nayyem (1981), Abdul Salam Hanafi (null), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), Bibi Aisha (1991), and Robina Muqimyar (1986). After her are Roya Sadat (1983), Khalil Haqqani (1966), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Nadia Ghulam (1985), Rashid Khan (1998), and Balal Arezou (1988).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Jamila Afghani ranks 8. Before her are Malalai of Maiwand (1861), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Zakia Zaki (1962), Suraya Pakzad (null), Aqeela Asifi (1966), and Bibi Aisha (1991). After her are Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Aziza Siddiqui (1983), Faiza Darkhani (null), Shukria Asil (2000), and Laleh Osmany (1992).

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