Board of Directors

Board of Director Feb 2016 - Feb 2018

Ms. Roshan Sirran

Ms. Roshan Sirran is widely recognized in Afghanistan and internationally as one of the leading voices for Afghan women’s rights. Through various roles, she has 40 years of experience fighting for the rights of Afghan women; as an NGO leader, an advocate, an elected legislator, a municipal worker, an education director, a trainer, and a writer.

Ms. Nooria Safi

Nooria Safi is executive director of WCBDO, board member of AWN, board member of Afghanistan National Education Coalition (ANEC) and member of Civil Society Joint Working Group (CSJWG)

Ms. Shafiqa Habibi

Shafiqa Habibi is one of the prominent women right activists, a professional and experienced journalist and a laureate TV and radio speaker. She has been also a skillful teacher in art of speaking, fluency and speech with five most important national awards, medals and sign of pride in journalism in five different regimes.

Ms. Zarqa Yaftali

Zarqa Yaftali, Executive Manager of Women and Children Legal Foundation: Has borne in an Intellectuals family of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on 1984; she studies in the field of Political science and low at Kabul University and graduated in 2006

Ms. Mary Akrami

Mary Akrami is the Executive Director of the Afghan Women's Skills Development Center (AWSDC), the organization established as a first shelter for women at risk in 2003.

Ms. Shahla Farid

Shahla Farid was born in Faryab Province in an intellectual family. She finished her primary education in this province and then After the father's employment in government departments were forced to relocate to Sheberghan provinces, as a result, she completed her middle and high school education from Khadija Joziani high school.

Board of Director Feb 2014 - Feb 2016

Ms. Zarqa Yaftali

Zarqa Yaftali, Executive Manager of Women and Children Legal Foundation: Has borne in an Intellectuals family of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on 1984; she studies in the field of Political science and low at Kabul University and graduated in 2006

Ms. Samira Hamidi

Arezoo Qanih is an effective and dedicated civil society, human rights activist. She has started her work with supporting her mother in running of a vocational training center in very early age during Taliban regime where women were bound it their houses. It was her first steps toward supporting and enabling women to improve their own lives though income generation and making their environment peaceful in their homes.

Ms. Maryam Rahmani

has been working as director of AWRC since 2007. Afghan Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC) is a local organisation which has been established in 1989 and, currently operating in education, agriculture and welfare, mobilising community and capacity building fields in six provinces of Afghanistan.

Ms. Gul Makai Siawash

Gul Maky Siawash is a women's rights activist, and was born in a bright family in 1954. She holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology from Kabul’s Pedagogy institute.

Ms. Arezoo Qanih

Arezoo Qanih is an effective and dedicated civil society, human rights activist.

Ms. Mary Akrami

Mary Akrami is the Executive Director of the Afghan Women's Skills Development Center (AWSDC), the organization established as a first shelter for women at risk in 2003.

Ms. Shahla Farid

Shahla Farid was born in Faryab Province in an intellectual family. She finished her primary education in this province and then After the father's employment in government departments were forced to relocate to Sheberghan provinces, as a result, she completed her middle and high school education from Khadija Joziani high school.