In the face of repeated death threats, Dr. Samar defies the ruling Taliban’s edicts that deny women and girls their basic rights to education, employment, mobility and medical care. From the time the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996, Dr. Samar has been operating schools for girls and health clinics in many of the provinces of Afghanistan as well as in the refugee camps in Quetta, Pakistan.
Dr. Samar obtained a degree in medicine in 1984 from Kabul University. She fled Afghanistan following the Russian invasion and worked as a doctor in a refugee camp in Pakistan, where in 1987 she opened a hospital. Today she runs four hospitals and three clinics in Afghanistan and another hospital in Quetta. Dr. Samar also runs schools in rural Afghanistan for more than 17,400 students as well as a school for refugee girls in Quetta attended by over 1,000 girls. Dr. Samar’s literacy programs are accompanied by distribution of food aid and information on hygiene and family planning. Services also include medical outreach workers who go door to door. She is also part of the international network Women Living Under Muslim Laws, which has links in 40 countries and is a powerful voice at the UN.
Dr Samar also plays a leading role in another of the world’s most troubled and volatile regions, as the United Nations special envoy to Darfur. A tireless and outspoken advocate, she has received numerous international awards for her contribution to the promotion of women’s rights.
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In the face of repeated death threats, Dr. Samar defies the ruling Taliban’s edicts that deny women and girls their basic rights to education, employment, mobility and medical care. From the time the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1996, Dr. Samar has been operating schools for girls and health clinics in many of the provinces of Afghanistan as well as in the refugee camps in Quetta, Pakistan.
Dr. Samar obtained a degree in medicine in 1984 from Kabul University. She fled Afghanistan following the Russian invasion and worked as a doctor in a refugee camp in Pakistan, where in 1987 she opened a hospital. Today she runs four hospitals and three clinics in Afghanistan and another hospital in Quetta. Dr. Samar also runs schools in rural Afghanistan for more than 17,400 students as well as a school for refugee girls in Quetta attended by over 1,000 girls. Dr. Samar’s literacy programs are accompanied by distribution of food aid and information on hygiene and family planning. Services also include medical outreach workers who go door to door. She is also part of the international network Women Living Under Muslim Laws, which has links in 40 countries and is a powerful voice at the UN.
Dr Samar also plays a leading role in another of the world’s most troubled and volatile regions, as the United Nations special envoy to Darfur . A tireless and outspoken advocate, she has received numerous international awards for her contribution to the promotion of women’s rights.