r Sima Samar is the current Chairperson of the Afghan Independent - TopicsExpress



          

r Sima Samar is the current Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. A doctor by training, Samar spent a decade in exile in Pakistan. It was during this time that she began her committed activism for Afghan womens access to healthcare and education. Samar returned to Afghanistan to serve as Deputy President and then Minister of Womens Affairs in the post-Taliban interim government from 2001 to 2003. Since 2005, she has also served as the United Nation Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Sudan.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:34:35 +0000

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