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Development Facilitator, Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation
In her capacity as Development Facilitator for the Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation, an international NGO headquartered in the Netherlands, Orzala Ashraf Nemat works with Afghan partner organizations to analyze local conflicts and empower local communities to find peaceful solutions. Previously, as the founder and chair of a leading Afghan NGO, Humanitarian Assistance to the Women and Children of Afghanistan, Ashraf Nemat devoted ten years to establishing and delivering training programs to Afghan women and children in refugee communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Often putting herself directly at risk under the Taliban regime, she launched underground literacy and health education programs for women and girls. She is increasingly involved in political advocacy and development at the national level and is on the board of directors of the Afghan Women’s Network and other human rights networks in Afghanistan.
Media
How Obama Can Improve the World, by a collection of World Fellows, The Huffington Post, December 24, 2008.
