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International Women of Courage Award, 2014. Dr. Oryakhil

Nasrin Oryakhil (1964 - ) is an Afghanistani minister, gynecologist and obstetrician. She has wom awards for her work and in 2015 she was made a minister.

Life

Oryakhil was born in 1964 in Kabul.[1] She is a gynecologist and obstetrician, and since 2004 she has been the Director of the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.[2] She founded inside that hospital the first clinic for obstetric fistula repair in Afghanistan.[2] She is the president of the NGO Afghan Family Health Association, and a member of the Afghan Women's Network, as well as part of the group whose task is to create a Medical Council in Afghanistan.[2][3] She also supported the creation of the Afghan Midwives Association.[4]

She received a 2014 International Women of Courage award.[5][2]

In 2015 she was made a minister for Labor in Afghanistan.[1] She was one of four women amongst the last sixteen additions to Ashraf Ghani's government of national unity. Other candidates had to withdraw and these last additions were intended to not have dual nationality.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Nasrin Oryakhil, Molsamd.gov, Retrieved 17 July 2016
  2. ^ a b c d "Bios of 2014 Award Winners". state.gov.
  3. ^ "US Honors Afghan Doctor as an International Woman of Courage". feminist.org.
  4. ^ "Dr. Nasrin Oryakhil receives International Women of Courage Award". khaama.com.
  5. ^ http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2014/03/04/afghan-woman-receive-int%E2%80%99l-women-courage-award
  6. ^ Afghan cabinet nearly complete after months of delay, April 2015, BBC, Retrieved 17 July 2016