Sima Samar

Sima Samar
سیما سمر
Samar in 2017
Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan
In office
December 2001 – 2003
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byHabiba Sarabi
Personal details
Born (1957-02-03) 3 February 1957 (age 67)
Jaghori, Ghazni, Afghanistan
NationalityHazara
AwardsRight Livelihood Award
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Ambassador Ryan Crocker meet with Sima Samar inside the American Embassy in Kabul.
Hillary Clinton standing with Sima Samar and other female politicians of Afghanistan in Kabul, October 2011
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Sima Samar (Persian: سیما سمر; born 3 February 1957) is a Hazara woman and human rights advocate, activist and medical doctor within national and international forums, who served as Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan from December 2001 to 2003. She is the former Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and, from 2005 to 2009, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan.[1] In 2012, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her longstanding and courageous dedication to human rights, especially the rights of women, in one of the most complex and dangerous regions in the world."

  1. ^ "Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan". Office of the High Commissioner. Retrieved 26 August 2021.