Quhramaana Kakar

Quhramaana Kakar is an important Afghan female peacemaker. In 2012 she won the N-Peace Award.

Quhramaana Kakar
NationalityAfghan
OccupationActivist
Known forN-Peace Award recipient

Biography

Kakar became an Afghan refugee to Pakistan after the events in 2001. This led her to become active in the peace building process and specifically to work to include women in the process.[1] From 2010 to 2012 Kakar served as gender adviser to the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP).[2] Her education includes an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. She is the founder of the non-governmental organization Women for Peace and Participation based in London and Kabul.[3][4] In 2012 Azimi was awarded the N-Peace Award as a Role Model for Peace.[5][6] She was a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics' Centre for Women, Peace and Security.[7]

Kakar has written several opinion pieces for various publications including openDemocracy,[8] Thomson Reuters Foundation News,[9] and The Washington Post.[10] She is a Senior Strategic Advisor for Conciliation Resources.[11]

References
  1. "Women are key to building peace in Afghanistan". UNDP in Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. "A Seat at the Table: The Evolving Role of Afghan Women Peacebuilders". Peacebuilding. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. "Quhramaana Kakar". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. "Team". Women for Peace and Participation. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. "Afghan parliamentarian & peace activist achieve N-Peace Award". The Khaama Press News Agency. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. "Asian women peace activists honored for their work in the frontlines of conflict". UNDP. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. "Women building peace: Quhramaana Kakar". GAPS UK. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. "Want to see peace in Afghanistan? Make sure women are included". openDemocracy. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. "Why are women mediators still not recognised?". Thomson Reuters Foundation. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. Halaimzai, Sahar; Halaimzai, Zarlasht; Kakar, Quhramaana; Sidiqi, Rahela. "Opinion | The U.S. is talking with the Taliban — over the heads of the Afghan people". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  11. "Quhramaana Kakar". Conciliation Resources. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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