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Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond

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Udayan Care

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Interview

Interview with¹ Sima Samar²

Esponda

Luis Aguilar

Chairperson Commissioner, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC)

Associate Editor, The Journal Institutionalised Children: Explorations and Beyond (ICEB), LL.M. International Law and Law of International Organisations, Mexico City, Mexico, Email id: laguilaresponda@yahoo.com

¹This interview was conducted on July 4th, 2015, in Kabul/Mexico by Luis Aguilar Esponda, LL.M., ICEB.

²Born in Jaghori, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Dr. Sima Samar has been a voice for the disenfranchised. Being a woman as well as a Hazara (one of the most persecuted minorities in the country) were not obstacles for her to receive a medical degree in 1982 from Kabul University, a career chosen based on her desire to make a positive difference in her country. Yet her work to effect positive change in Afghanistan was performed for many years from Pakistan, where she had to fled. While in Pakistan, she became a leader for educating Afghan women and girls, where she founded The Shuhada Organisation. Dr. Samar is currently the Chairwoman of the Independent Afghanistan Human Rights Commission. In this position, she oversees the conduct of human rights education programmes across Afghanistan, the implementation of a nationwide women's rights education programme, and monitoring and investigation of human rights abuses across the country. She has also served as Deputy Chair and Minister of Women's Affairs for the Interim Administration of Afghanistan. She has been recognised for her leadership and courage by dozens of human and women's rights organisations globally, and continues her work in Afghanistan. She has also served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan. Dr. Samar has also been recognised by numerous international human rights and women's rights organisations for her leadership. She has also been awarded with many prizes and most of the award money has been spend on the projects for the neediest people for different programmes. Some money will also be spent specifically for the Orphanages, which are run by Shuhada Organisation

Online published on 9 September, 2015.

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Interview with1 Sima Samar2

Interview with¹ Sima Samar²