Sima Samar Net Worth

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Born1957

ProfessionCelebrity

NationalityAfghan

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Background and career

Sima Samar (Dari: سیما سمر; born 3 February 1957) is a human rights advocate, activist and medical doctor within national and international forums, who served as Vice President of Afghanistan in the interim government of Hamid Karzai Minister for Women's Affairs from December 2001 to 2003.

She is the former Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and, from 2005 to 2009, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan. In 2012, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her longstanding and courageous dedication to human rights, especially the rights of women, in one of the most complex and dangerous regions in the world."