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Sima Samar is a human rights advocate, activist and medical doctor within national and international forums, who served as Vice President of Afghanistan in the interim government of Hamid Karzai Minister for Women's Affairs from December 2001 to 2003.
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science · Afghan human right activist (born 1957) · politician · physician · human rights defender · also Sima Samar, Samar
Born 3 February 1957 · Q262364
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Samar as one of eight members of the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement under the leadership of Federica Mogherini and Donald Kaberuka
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Awarded Right Livelihood Award (2012).
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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
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Awarded Geuzenpenning (2011).
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Which has attracted more than 1200 students in a very short amount of its activities
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“The Decline and Fall of the Republican Party”
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Awarded Jonathan Mann Award for Health and Human Rights (2004).
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Awarded Profile in Courage Award (2004).
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“Why We Must Not Reelect President Bush”
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To assume a cabinet post in the Afghan Transitional Administration led by Hamid Karzai
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Awarded Paul Grüninger Preis (2001).
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Awarded John Humphrey Freedom Award (2001).
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Career landmark: vice president (2001–2003).
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Awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award (1994).
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The Shuhada Organization and Shuhada Clinic in Quetta, Pakistan
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The government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan arrested her husband, and Samar and her young son fled to neighboring Pakistan
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Born 1957-02-03.
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