Sima Samar
Sima Samar ( Persian سیما سمر, DMG Sīmā Samar ; * February 3, 1957 in Ghazni ) is an Afghan doctor and politician .
Life
Sima Samar belongs to the third largest ethnic group in the country, the Persian-speaking , Shiite Hazara . She studied medicine at the University of Kabul (graduation 1984). Her husband was arrested during Nur Muhammad Taraki's presidency and has been considered missing ever since. She fled to Pakistan and worked there as a doctor in an Afghan refugee camp. In 1987 she founded a hospital for Afghan women and children in the border town of Quetta . In 1989 she joined the Schuhada organization . Even during the rule of the Taliban , she continued to work there for medical care for women and children and the establishment of schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
On the basis of the Petersberg Agreement , she was elected Minister for Women's Affairs in the Afghan Government in 2001 and appointed as one of President Hamid Karzai's five deputies . She held these offices until her resignation in 2002.
In June 2002 the Afghan Human Rights Commission was formed and Sima Samar was its chairman.
Awards
- 1994 Ramon Magsaysay Prize
- 1995 Global Leader for Tomorrow , World Economic Forum
- 1998 100 Heroines Award
- 2000 John Humphrey Freedom Award
- 2001 Paul Grunninger Human Rights Award
- 2001 The Voices of Courage Award
- 2001 Ms. magazine Woman of the Year
- 2001 Best Social Worker Award , Mailo Trust Foundation, Quetta, Pakistan
- 2001 Freedom Award , Women's Association for Freedom and Democracy, Barcelona
- 2002 International Human Rights Award , International Human Rights Law Group, Washington, DC
- 2002 Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
- 2003 Perdita Huston Human Rights Award
- 2004 Profiles in Courage Award
- 2008 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award
- 2009 Honorary Officer of the Order of Canada
- 2010 Tipperary Peace Prize , Tipperary, Ireland
- 2011 Geuzenpenning , Vlaardingen, Netherlands
- 2012 Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”) for her longstanding commitment to human rights, especially women's rights
Sima Samar has been nominated repeatedly for the Nobel Peace Prize.
literature
- Sven Hansen: "We have to take risks". Ten years after the fall of the Taliban. In: the daily newspaper . November 22, 2011, accessed on November 22, 2011 (Interview with Sima Samar on the war in Afghanistan since 2001 ).
- Sima Samar , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 07/2013 from February 12, 2013, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Portrait at rightlivelihoodaward.org (English)
- Nana Brink: Women's rights restricted in Afghanistan. Afghan Human Rights Commission calls for better protection by security forces. In: Deutschlandradio Kultur . November 16, 2010, accessed on November 22, 2011 (interview with Sima Samar).
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Dr. Sima Samar Biography ” on Shuhada's homepage , accessed on September 22, 2012.
- ↑ ARTE documentation (part 1), minute 38. Retrieved on May 8, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Samar, Sima |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | سیما سمر (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Afghan doctor and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd February 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghazni |