Amena Safi Afzali (born 1957) is a
politician
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in
Afghanistan
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, who became Minister of Work, Social Affairs, Martyred, and Disabled in January 2010 after receiving the confidence vote of the
Afghan National Assembly. She had previously served as commissioner with the Independent
Human Rights Commission
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until 2004. and as the Minister of the Ministry of Youth Affairs until it integrated with the Ministry of Information and Culture.
Life
Amena Safi Afzali was born in 1957 in
Herat city, Afghanistan. She completed her higher education in faculty of science of
Kabul University
Kabul University (KU; ) is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd District of the capital Kabul near the Ministry of Higher Education. It was founded in 1931 by King Mohammed Nadir Shah, wh ...
in 1978. She was the founder of Educational and Training Centers for women, and the first free school in Kabul in 1994. Publications such as 'Rahrawan Samia', 'Al-Momenat','Paiwand', and 'Mother' were established and released under her surveillance. She also served as commissioner with the Independent Human Rights Commission until 2004. She is a member of the Directorate of Cultural Foundation of Jamee.
See also
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Cabinet of Ministers
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Politics of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a theocracy, theocratic emirate with a Totalitarianism, totalitarian regime ruled by the Taliban, a political and miliant Islamism, Islamist movement adhere the Deobandi jihadism, Deobandi jihadist ideology with Pashtunwali influen ...
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History
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References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004119/http://www.afghanistanembassy.no/article/70976/H-E-Amina-Afzali
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1957 births
Living people
People from Herat
Date of birth missing (living people)
Kabul University alumni
Women government ministers of Afghanistan
21st-century Afghan women politicians
21st-century Afghan politicians