Sahar Fetrat

Sahar Fetrat is an Afghan activist, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.^[1] Sahar was born in Afghanistan and lived in Iran and Pakistan as a young refugee during the first Taliban regime.

Biography

Sahar's family went into exile when she was one year old, and grew up in refugee camps in Iran and Pakistan during the first Taliban regime.^[2]

She graduated in 2018 in Business Studies at the American University of Afghanistan and obtained a master's degree in Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest in 2020.^[3]

Sahar Fetrat worked in Afghanistan for UNESCO Education Services advocating for women's education throughout the country and an Assistant Researcher at the Women's Rights Division of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch.^[4][5]

Awards

• BBC 100 Women 2021^[6]

References

1. "BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
2. Development, PodBean. "28. Sahar Fetrat - On the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan | The Voices of War". www.thevoicesofwar.com. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
3. "Sahar Fetrat". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
4. "War Studies student is one of BBCs most inspiring and influential women of 2021". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
5. "Afghan University Women Feared This Dark Day - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
6. "CEU Alumna Sahar Fetrat Named to BBC '100 Women 2021' List". Alumni Relations Office. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2023-01-28.