The World Fellows

Founder & Chair, Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan
As the founder of a leading Afghan NGO, Orzala Ashraf Nemat has 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.