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Hasina Jalal

Hasina Jalal (Persian: حسینه جلال) is an advocate for women's rights and democracy in Afghanistan. In 2014, Jalal was elected by public vote to receive the "N-Peace Award" from the UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Office and the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on the University for Peace. She co-founded and served as the Executive Director of the National Association of Afghanistan Civil Society (NAACS) and the first alliance of South Asian women on Women's Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (SAFA) in Sri Lanka.[1] Jalal served in the Afghan government as a research team lead and policy expert at the Presidential Palace and as a Policy Advisor to Minister and Director of Program Design and Donor Coordination Directorate at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Government of Afghanistan.[1][2][3]

Hasina Jalal
حسینه جلال
Jalal in 2020
Born
Badakhshan
NationalityAfghan
OccupationHuman Rights Advocate
Parent(s)Massouda Jalal (mother)
Faizullah Jalal

Personal life

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Jalal is the daughter of Massouda Jalal, Afghanistan's first female Presidential candidate and former Minister of Women's Affairs, and Faizullah Jalal, former Professor of Law and Political Science and Vice-Chancellor of the Kabul University.

She is fluent in Persian, Pashto, English, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Hindi/Urdu, and has proficiency in Punjabi, Arabic, and Uzbek languages.[4]

Education

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Hasina Jalal has obtained her undergraduate degree in economics with a minor in political science from the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI)--a Central University in India—as an ICCR scholar.[5] Before joining the JMI University, she had studied economics at the Kabul University for one academic year. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the American University of Afghanistan as a USAID scholar and an Master of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies from the University of Northern Iowa as a Fulbright scholar.[6] Jalal pursued graduate studies at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and she is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Public and International Affairs at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.[7][8][9] She has also been awarded several prestigious fellowships, including those from the Elinor Ostrom Fellowship, School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and the Center for Governance and Markets.

Career

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Hasina has established and managed several civil society organizations in Afghanistan and at the South Asian regional level. Since 2012, she has been the Co-founder and Executive Director of the National Association of Afghanistan Civil Society (NAACS) and the first alliance of South Asian women on Women's Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (SAFA) in Sri Lanka.[10][11][12]

Jalal has served in the government of Afghanistan as a Research Team Lead and Policy Expert at the Presidential Palace/Administrative Office of the President of Afghanistan where she led a team of researchers, conducted policy-oriented research, and presented findings and recommendations to the former President of Afghanistan. She also worked as a Policy Advisor to the Minister and Director of Program Design and Donor Coordination Directorate at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Government of Afghanistan. In this role, she managed the initiatives and programs funded by foreign aid to the oil, gas, and mining sectors of Afghanistan, and provided policy advice to the Minister of Mines and Petroleum.[4] Additionally, Hasina taught economics to Bachelor of Business Administration students at several universities in Kabul.[13]

Hasina's work in gender equality, human rights, women's empowerment, and democracy has been recognized by several regional and international awards and honors:[14] In 2012, Asian Rural Women’s Coalitions (ARWC) awarded her with the "Honoring 100 Asian Women Award".[15] In 2014, she was elected by public vote to receive the "N-Peace Award" from the UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Office and the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on the University for Peace.[1][2][3] In 2016, she was awarded the "Global Women Leadership Award" by the World-CSR, and in 2017, she received the "World Super Achiever Award" by World Human Rights Congress.[13][16][17] Hasina was awarded the "Iconic Women Creating a Better World for All Award" from the Women's Economic Forum in 2020,[18] and in 2021, the Afghan public voted for her to be elected as one of the "45 Most Influential Afghan Women".[19][6][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "UNDP celebrates Asian women leaders and their male allies for building peace". UNDP in Asia and the Pacific. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Hasina Jalal Wins 2014 N-Peace Award". South Asia Democratic Forum. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Young Afghan activist wins UNDP peace award". UNAMA. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  4. ^ a b "Hasina Jalal". GHD. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  5. ^ "Hasina Jalal". 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Hasina Jalal". Rumi Awards. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Hasina Jalal". GHD. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  8. ^ "Homepage | University of Pittsburgh". www.gspia.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  9. ^ "Home | Kabul University". ku.edu.af. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  10. ^ "Young Afghan activist wins UNDP peace award". UNAMA. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  11. ^ "Women in Afghanistan and the Region". Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  12. ^ Jalal）天生巴达赫尚国籍阿富汗职业活动家闻名N-和平奖获得者, 哈西娜·贾拉勒（Hasina. "哈西娜·贾拉（Hasina Jalal）-维基百科". 百科全书 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  13. ^ a b "Hasina Jalal". N-PEACE. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Women in Afghanistan and the Region". Princeton University. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  15. ^ "UNI Fulbright scholar empowering Afghan women". insideuni.uni.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  16. ^ "Hasina Jalal wins Global Women Leadership award Archives". The Khaama Press News Agency. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  17. ^ "AFGHANISTAN: Young Afghan activist Hasina Jalal wins Global Women Leadership award". Community Supported Film. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Afghan student at UNI Fulbright empowering women's rights". Big News Network.com. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  19. ^ 45 Most Influential Afghan Women 2021, retrieved 2021-01-28
  20. ^ SADF (2020-10-07). "Afghan Women Heroes - Rumi awards". SADF. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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