Delbar Nazari
{{Short description|Afghan politician (1958–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Delber Nazari
| native_name = {{Nobold|دلبر نظری}}
| office = Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan
| image = Delbar Nazari.jpg
| predecessor = Husn Banu Ghazanfar
| president = Ashraf Ghani
| successor = Office abolished
| birth_date = {{birth date|1956|3|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Khulm District, Balkh Province, Afghanistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|08|14|1956|3|5|df=y}}
| death_place = Calgary, Canada
| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 2021
| caption = Nazari in 2015
| native_name_lang = ar
}}
Delbar Nazari (5 March 1956 – 14 August 2024) was an Afghan politician who was the last Minister for Women's Affairs.
Early life and education
Nazari was an Uzbek from Khulm District in Balkh province. She had a degree from the Teachers Training Centre of Balkh and a bachelor's degree in international relations from Kabul University.{{cite web|url=http://www.afghanistan-today.org/en/articles/politics/895/|title=Cabinet overview: Who's who|work=Afghanistan Today|date=22 April 2015|accessdate=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107171414/http://www.afghanistan-today.org/en/articles/politics/895/|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead}}
Career
Nazari was a teacher and the principal at Naeem Shahid High School in Samangan and worked at Oxfam and UNICEF. She was a member of parliament for Samangan from 2005 to 2010. She worked in the Ministry of the Interior's department for the development of the electronic national ID card.
She was nominated by the team of CEO Abdullah Abdullah for cabinet of the National Unity Government, and was appointed Minister for Women's Affairs in April 2015, one of four women appointed to the cabinet at the time.{{cite web|url=http://www.sada-e-azadi.net/index.php/en/afghanistan/36-capital/12412-new-minister-seeks-wider-role-for-women-in-govt?googleb0t=true|title=New minister seeks wider role for women in govt|work=Sada-e Azadi|date=20 April 2015|accessdate=7 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108001819/http://www.sada-e-azadi.net/index.php/en/afghanistan/36-capital/12412-new-minister-seeks-wider-role-for-women-in-govt?googleb0t=true|archive-date=8 January 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=1229&task=view&total=3318&start=2103&Itemid=2|title=Nazari, Dilbar Mrs.|publisher=Who is who in Afghanistan?}} Nazari's brother works as an advisor at the ministry; she said she needed him as a mahram.
On 13 July 2016, a vote of no confidence in Nazari was brought in the lower house, accusing her of corruption and professional ineffectiveness, one in a long series of such motions against government ministers. The vote was defeated.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecoi.net/local_link/327908/455093_en.html|title=Tired of the Estezah? Minister for Women's Affairs survives vote of no confidence|first=Thomas|last=Ruttig|date=29 July 2016|accessdate=7 January 2017|work=ECOI}}{{cite web|url=http://afghanistantimes.af/parliament-summons-womens-affairs-minister-for-poor-management/|work=Afghanistan Times|title=Parliament summons women's affairs minister for poor management|date=13 July 2016|accessdate=7 January 2016|first=Akhtar M.|last=Nikzad}}
In October 2016, Nazari appeared on an all female panel on the BBC program Open Jirga, to discuss issues of equality, despite bomb blasts and attacks in the city the previous day.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcmediaaction/entries/39540551-f867-49f2-b317-f89fd227df9e|title=I will be there even if my bodyguards refuse to accompany me.|date=3 October 2016|work=BBC Media Action|first=Shirazuddin|last=Siddiqi}} On 13 December 2016, Nazari told journalists that more than 87% of women in Afghanistan were not safe, saying "Deprivation has caused a lot of threats for women across the country." Her ministry recorded more than 4,000 cases of violence against women in the previous nine months.{{cite web|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/03-Jan-17/afghan-woman-sold-like-a-goat-treated-like-a-dog|title=Afghan woman: sold like a goat, treated like a dog|work=Daily Times|place=Pakistan|date=3 January 2017|accessdate=7 January 2017|first=Musa|last=Khan Jalalzai}}
Death
Nazari died from a cardiac arrest in Calgary, Canada, on 14 August 2024, at the age of 68.[https://www.afintl.com/202408145789 دلبر نظری، وزیر پیشین امور زنان افغانستان درگذشت] {{in lang|fa}}[https://mhfh.com/tribute/details/50595/Delber-Nazari/obituary.html Delber Nazari 1956 - 2024]
References
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{{cite news | last1= Adeel | first1= Mirwais | title= Afzal Ludin nominated as Afghan Defense Minister | date= 2015-04-06 |newspaper= Khaama Press | url= https://www.khaama.com/afzal-ludin-nominated-as-afghan-defense-minister-9368 |access-date= 2021-06-17 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210616222110/https://www.khaama.com/afzal-ludin-nominated-as-afghan-defense-minister-9368 |archive-date= 2021-06-16 |url-status=live }}
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External links
- [http://mowa.gov.af/en/page/1408 Government profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507094939/http://mowa.gov.af/en/page/1408 |date=7 May 2019 }}
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Category:Afghan Uzbek politicians
Category:21st-century Afghan women politicians
Category:21st-century Afghan politicians
Category:Women government ministers of Afghanistan