Profiles in medical courage: women's rights and Sima Samar
Previous profiles have focused on physicians who placed their careers in jeopardy to follow their beliefs. Sima Samar is different because she has not only risked her career, but her life. She has shown extraordinary courage in ignoring death threats and defying religious misogynists to ensure that...
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2012-10-01
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| description | Previous profiles have focused on physicians who placed their careers in jeopardy to follow their beliefs. Sima Samar is different because she has not only risked her career, but her life. She has shown extraordinary courage in ignoring death threats and defying religious misogynists to ensure that Afghan girls and women had access to health care and education. Following the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Dr. Samar became the first woman appointed to a cabinet position in the interim Afghan government. Ousted by religious conservatives, she serves today as the chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. |
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| topic | Sima Samar women's rights Afghanistan Taliban Pakistan Shuhada Organization Independent Afghanistan Human Rights Commission Truth and Justice Party mysogynoy |
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