Version 1 of Sima Samar

Sima Samar is a medical doctor and human rights advocate, born in Jaghori, Ghazni.¹ She served as Afghanistan's Minister of Women's Affairs from December 2001 to 2003.¹

Her honours include the 1994 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership and the 2012 Right Livelihood Award.¹ Her memoir is Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan.²

Footnotes

1. Wikipedia, Sima Samar. ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. Publishers Weekly, Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan. ↩