Delbar Nazari (5 March 1956 – 14 August 2024) was an Afghan politician who was the last Minister for Women's Affairs.
Delber Nazari | |
|---|---|
دلبر نظری | |
 Nazari in 2015 | |
| Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan | |
| In office 2015–2021 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Husn Banu Ghazanfar |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 5, 1956 Khulm District, Balkh Province, Afghanistan |
| Died | August 14, 2024 (aged 68) Calgary, Canada |
Early life and education
editNazari was an Uzbek from Khulm District in Balkh province.[1] She had a degree from the Teachers Training Centre of Balkh and a bachelor's degree in international relations from Kabul University.[2][3]
Career
editNazari was a teacher and the principal at Naeem Shahid High School in Samangan and worked at Oxfam and UNICEF. She was a member of parliament for Samangan from 2005 to 2010.[1][2] She worked in the Ministry of the Interior's department for the development of the electronic national ID card.[1]
She was nominated by the team of CEO Abdullah Abdullah for cabinet of the National Unity Government,[1] and was appointed Minister for Women's Affairs in April 2015, one of four women appointed to the cabinet at the time.[4][3][5] Nazari's brother works as an advisor at the ministry; she said she needed him as a mahram.[1]
On 13 July 2016, a vote of no confidence in Nazari was brought in the lower house, accusing her of corruption and professional ineffectiveness, one in a long series of such motions against government ministers. The vote was defeated.[1][6]
In October 2016, Nazari appeared on an all female panel on the BBC program Open Jirga, to discuss issues of equality, despite bomb blasts and attacks in the city the previous day.[7] On 13 December 2016, Nazari told journalists that more than 87% of women in Afghanistan were not safe, saying "Deprivation has caused a lot of threats for women across the country." Her ministry recorded more than 4,000 cases of violence against women in the previous nine months.[8]
Death
editNazari died from a cardiac arrest in Calgary, Canada, on 14 August 2024, at the age of 68.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Ruttig, Thomas (29 July 2016). "Tired of the Estezah? Minister for Women's Affairs survives vote of no confidence". ECOI. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Cabinet overview: Who's who". Afghanistan Today. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Nazari, Dilbar Mrs". Who is who in Afghanistan?.
- ^ "New minister seeks wider role for women in govt". Sada-e Azadi. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ Adeel, Mirwais (6 April 2015). "Afzal Ludin nominated as Afghan Defense Minister". Khaama Press. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ Nikzad, Akhtar M. (13 July 2016). "Parliament summons women's affairs minister for poor management". Afghanistan Times. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ Siddiqi, Shirazuddin (3 October 2016). "I will be there even if my bodyguards refuse to accompany me". BBC Media Action.
- ^ Khan Jalalzai, Musa (3 January 2017). "Afghan woman: sold like a goat, treated like a dog". Daily Times. Pakistan. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ دلبر نظری، وزیر پیشین امور زنان افغانستان درگذشت (in Persian)
- ^ Delber Nazari 1956 - 2024
External links
edit- Government profile Archived 7 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine