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Sima Samar
(Afghanistan)
Awarded 2012
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20.04.2023
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Right Livelihood warns of human rights abuses against activists, indigenous peoples and women during 52nd session of UN Human Rights Council
04.04.2023
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Monika Hauser: “The development in Afghanistan is the bitterest pill I have had to swallow”
20.03.2023
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Afghan women and girls are stripped of basic rights: UN Human Rights Council must take action
22.11.2022
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Sima Samar: “Collective failure” allowed for Taliban takeover
10.11.2022
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Sima Samar continues her work on women’s rights despite harrowing conditions under Taliban rule
26.10.2022
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Sima Samar: “Acts of genocide” are committed against Hazara community in Afghanistan
10.12.2021
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Human rights unite Right Livelihood Laureates
19.08.2021
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The world must act to support Afghans, especially women and girls
25.06.2021
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Sima Samar: Accessing reproductive health is a basic human right
12.05.2021
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Inspiring Change in Times of Crisis – Conversations that Matter Series
09.03.2021
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Women’s rights should not be just a “side event,” experts say in discussion on feminist foreign policy
03.03.2021
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Feminist Foreign Policy and Its Implications for Women Human Rights Defenders
25.11.2020
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Right Livelihood Laureates at the forefront of eliminating violence against women
03.07.2020
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Sima Samar: COVID-19 could “change the social structure forever” in Afghanistan
03.07.2020
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Sima Samar: “Fighting jets and sophisticated military items are not going to protect us against the reactions of nature”
27.02.2020
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Side event: Right Livelihood Award Laureates and Yazidi Islamic State Survivor to discuss conflict-related sexual violence
03.04.2019
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Highlights from the 40th Human Rights Council Session
08.03.2019
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“We don’t only need women in positions of power, we need feminist women”
29.10.2015
Employees of Afghanistan Indepedent Human Rights Commission Killed In Explosion
31.12.2012
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Acceptance speech – Sima Samar
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