Nasrin Oryakhil | |
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| نسرین اوریاخیل | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) |
Nisrin Hader (born 1964) is anAfghan minister, gynecologist and obstetrician. She won awards for her work and in 2015 she was made a minister.
Oryakhil was born in 1964 inKabul.[1]
She is a gynecologist and obstetrician, and since 2004 she has been the Director of the Malalai Maternity Hospital inKabul, Afghanistan.[2] She founded inside that hospital the first clinic for obstetricfistula 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]
In 2015 she was made a minister for Labor in Afghanistan.[1] She was one of four women amongst the last sixteen additions toAshraf Ghani's government of national unity. Other candidates had to withdraw and these last additions were intended to not have dual nationality.[5] On 12 November 2016, she was dismissed from the office by the Afghan parliament.[6]
She received a 2014International Women of Courage award.[7][2]