An Afghan activist honoured with the UAE's $1 million Zayed Award for Human Fraternity said the prestigious prize highlights the “courage and resistance” of the women she has dedicated her life to protecting.
Zarqa Yaftali was recognised for her efforts to deliver a crucial lifeline to more than 100,000 women and children in Afghanistan being deprived of the basic rights many around the world would take for granted under strict Taliban rule.
Ms Yaftali is the executive director of the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation, a civil society organisation founded in 2003 that works across several provinces in Afghanistan to widen support networks through legal research, advocacy, education initiatives and community-based services.
The foundation has played a crucial role in establishing more than 100 schools and expanding
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