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<ref>http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html</ref> She managed to obtain promotions for women working in the Afghan National Police who had been unfairly passed over for years. <ref>http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html</reF> As of 2011 she is Afghanistan's most senior policewoman. <ref>http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-09-19/Afghan-National-Police-force-women-Islam/50471816/1</ref> |
<ref>http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html</ref> She managed to obtain promotions for women working in the Afghan National Police who had been unfairly passed over for years. <ref>http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html</reF> As of 2011 she is Afghanistan's most senior policewoman. <ref>http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-09-19/Afghan-National-Police-force-women-Islam/50471816/1</ref> |
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Quraishi had her work disrupted during [[Taliban]] rule of Afghanistan from 1990 until 2001. <reF>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124505232</ref |
Quraishi had her work disrupted during [[Taliban]] rule of Afghanistan from 1990 until 2001. <reF>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124505232</ref> |
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She received a 2010 [[International Women of Courage]] award. <reF>http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/</ref> |
She received a 2010 [[International Women of Courage]] award. <reF>http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:04, 27 August 2014
Shafiqa Quraishi is an Afghan women's rights activist. [1] As of 2010 she is a police colonel and the director of Gender, Human and Child Rights within the Ministry of the Interior of Afghanistan. [2] [3] She founded and led a working group on the Afghan National Gender Recruitment Strategy, with the goal of getting 5,000 women to work in the Ministry of the Interior and making the Ministry of the Interior better at serving the women of Afghanistan. [4] She also worked for more benefits for working women such as child care, health care, maternity care, security and skills training. [5] She managed to obtain promotions for women working in the Afghan National Police who had been unfairly passed over for years. [6] As of 2011 she is Afghanistan's most senior policewoman. [7]
Quraishi had her work disrupted during Taliban rule of Afghanistan from 1990 until 2001. [8]
She received a 2010 International Women of Courage award. [9]
References
- ^ http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/
- ^ http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124505232
- ^ http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html
- ^ http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html
- ^ http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2010/03/20100305101732ajesrom4.983157e-02.html
- ^ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-09-19/Afghan-National-Police-force-women-Islam/50471816/1
- ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124505232
- ^ http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2010/