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New Voices Fellow Belquis Ahmadi Honored
Washington, DC
April 2002|
Ms. Ahmadi has labored tirelessly to mobilize and amplify the voices of Afghan women since fleeing the Taliban with her younger
sisters in 1996. Prior to fleeing to Pakistan, she co-founded the
Afghan Women's Network in Kabul with her Law professor. Currently, Ms. Ahmadi is Afghanistan/Pakistan Program Coordinator at the International Human Rights Law Group.
With other honored Afghan women.
With Ken, holding the award.
Dr. Sima Samar, Minister of Women's Affairs of the interim
government of Afghanistan, gives congratulatory speech.
A musical tribute from the 2000 Grammy Award winning
blues singer and social activist Odetta.
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