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Since being the deputy speaker, she is now the Chairperson of Afghanistan’s Women, Civil Society and Human Rights Commission. Having begun her political career in 2001 after the fall of the Taliban, Koofi has relentlessly driven for women’s and human rights, from her “Back to School” campaign which promoted the right to education of girls, to her work with UNICEF to keep children from violence, exploitation, and abuse. As well as being the ex-Vice President of the National Assembly, Koofi has written two books, “The Favored Daughter” and “Letters to My Daughters” in which she tells her fascinating stories, from being left to die in the sun after birth as the nineteenth daughter of a local village leader, to the abuse and murders of her family under exploitative Russian and Taliban regimes. She continually works on the mobilisation of urgent support for the women and the people of Afghanistan with the help of world leaders.

Along with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Koofi led a drive to help over 100 Afghan judges flee to safety with their families. When heavily-armed Taliban fighters were stationed outside her Kabul home, she remained in Afghanistan under the threat to her life until 30 August 2021, the day on which the last US forces left Afghanistan. In 2020, Koofi was the only woman chosen by the US to negotiate terms of peace face to face with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, during which time she survived one of several assassination attempts, and was shot for the second time. A nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, she was the only ever female leader of a political party in Afghanistan. PLEASE REGISTER HERE: įawzia Koofi is a former member of the Afghan Parliament and its first ever female Deputy Speaker, and a renowned human rights and women’s rights activist. This promises to be one of the most fascinating and topical events of the year and is a truly unique opportunity to hear from and ask questions of such an influential and high profile figure, who has left an unforgettable mark on global politics and Human and Female Rights. The Oxford Guild is delighted to host Fawzia Koofi, a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and renowned Human and Women’s Rights Activist who was the first female Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament who recently negotiated terms of peace with the Taliban in 2020, before the withdrawal of US troops, on Monday 9th May from 6:30pm in Oriel College’s Harris Lecture Theatre.įawzia Koofi will be speaking about the state of current changing longstanding geopolitical landscapes, along with the future prospects for Afghanistan and the struggle for Human and Female Rights.