:Orzala Ashraf Nemat

{{short description|Afghan scholar and civil society activist}}

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Orzala Ashraf Nemat ({{Langx|prs|اورزاله اشرف نعمت}}) is an Afghan scholar and civil society activist.{{cite web|url=http://www.mei.edu/profile/orzala-ashraf-nemat|publisher=www.mei.edu/|title=Orzala.Ashraf.Nemat}} She established the Women and Youth Leadership Centre in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://worldfellows.yale.edu/orzala-ashraf-nemat|publisher=worldfellows.yale.edu/|title=Orzala Ashraf Nemat}} Orzala got her Phd from School of SOAS, University of London{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/orzala|title=Orzala Ashraf}} in Law and Political Science.{{cite web|url=https://www.inclusivesecurity.org/experts/orzala-ashraf/|publisher=inclusivesecurity.org|title=Orzala_Ashraf_Nemat}} During Afghanistan's Taliban Government she put herself many times directly at risk and launched underground literacy and health education programs for women and girls. Orzala published several articles in greater news sources, like the BBC and the Guardian.[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/23/afghanistan-women Afghan women's struggle for their rights will not stop now], Retrieved 23 June 2013[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/17/afghanistan-murder-female-leaders Afghanistan must stop the murder of its female leaders], Retrieved 17 July 2012[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/08/grassroots-activists-afghanistan-international-womens-day This year let's celebrate … Afghanistan's grassroots activists], Retrieved 8 March 2012[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/05/9-11-impact-world-al-qaida What impact did 9/11 have on the world?], Retrieved 11 September 2001[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jun/23/us-surge-afghans-development US surge was not a success for Afghans], Retrieved 23 June 2011

Nemat is a trustee of Afghanaid and she has earned a world fellows scholarship.

She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.{{Cite news |date=2013-10-20 |title=100 Women: Who took part? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-24579511 |access-date=2022-12-18}}