Author: Nazila Jamshidi

Nazila Jamshidi is a gender equality and human rights specialist involved in Afghanistan's development and democracy processes for more than a decade. Nazila was a teenager when she began her feminist and human rights activism in Afghanistan and made notable efforts for increasing awareness on women's rights among various groups of Afghan men and women. She also worked with various international organizations, like the U.N., USAID, and IFRC, to integrate gender perspectives and human rights approaches in creating and implementing development policies and humanitarian programs. Nazila moved to the United States from Afghanistan in 2016, where she pursued her undergraduate education at Georgetown University, and she currently an M.A. candidate at Columbia University.