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SUMMARY:A conversation with... Fawzia Koofi
DESCRIPTION:Recording now available\nWatch the recording\n\nFawzia Koofi 
 is a former member of a peace negotiation team representing the Islamic 
 Republic of Afghanistan. Ms Koofi is currently the leader of a newly est
 ablished political party called Movement for Change in Afghanistan\, and
  was nominated for the Nobel peace prize in 2020 for her efforts towards
  peace.\n\nShe has made her leadership journey in a country of internal 
 conflicts. After completing her baccalaureate degree\, she entered a com
 petitive medical school but soon after\, in September 1995\, the Taliban
  took over. They barred women from access to all education\, and so\, fi
 nding the doors of a university education closed to her\, Ms Koofi focus
 ed her energies on women’s rights organisations and worked closely with 
 vulnerable groups\, such as internally displaced people and marginalised
  women and children.\n\nAfter the fall of the Taliban Ms Koofi continued
  her work and eventually received her bachelor's degree from the Kabul U
 niversity’s Law and Political Sciences faculty\, and her Masters on Inte
 rnational Relations from the Geneva School of Diplomacy. Ms Koofi’s poli
 tical family background and commitment to public service motivated her t
 o grasp opportunities\, paving the way for many women. She decided to ru
 n for a seat in parliament in the Badakhshan province and was elected in
  September 2005.\n\nMs Koofi was subsequently elected as the first woman
  Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament in the history of Afghanistan. Some
  of the key women’s initiatives that she has championed include the impr
 ovement of women’s living conditions in Afghan prisons\; women’s educati
 on\; and the issue of violence against children – with the latter taking
  the form of a commission chaired by Afghanistan’s first Vice President.
  She has tabled many progressive laws protecting women and children\, su
 ch as those on violence against women\, and the harassment of women and 
 children. She has also contributed to laws that ensure the protection of
  human rights for Afghan citizens.\n\nIn 2016 she was elected as Preside
 nt of Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Human Rights Committee\, an orga
 nisation that works to promote democracy and peace around the world.\n\n
 She has been hailed as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum
 \, Fearless Mind of 2013 by the Times Magazine\, among others.\n\nMs Koo
 fi has authored both the memoir Letters to my Daughters and her autobiog
 raphy\, The Favoured Daughter.\n\nAll sessions are being recorded\, unle
 ss otherwise stated.\n
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