Dr Anarkali Kaur Honaryar receiving UNESCO Award

Afghan Sikh Heroine, Senator Dr Anarkali Kaur Honaryar gets UNESCO award for bravery and elimination of violence of Afghan women.

FRANCE: Afghan women's rights campaigner is the winners of a United Nations award recognizing her outstanding contributions to the promotion of tolerance and non-violence, the UN announced.

Anarkali Kaur, defender of the rights of women and minority groups in Afghanistan received the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, was honoured in a special ceremony on 9 December 2011 at the agency's headquarters in Paris.

Ms Honaryar is honoured for her work helping women who suffer from domestic abuse, forced marriages and gender discrimination and for her commitment to promote the ideals of human dignity, human rights, mutual respect and tolerance in her country.

Since graduating from Kabul University, Anarkali Kaur has been working for Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission (AICHR), which has offices throughout Afghanistan. In addition to women's causes, Anarkali has become known for advocating the rights of Afghanistan's religious minorities.

In May 2009 she was chosen by Radio Free Europe's "Person of the Year". The award has made her a household name in Kabul. As a member of Afghanistan's minority Sikh community, Ms. Honaryar's constant battles to protect the rights of the needy had earned her the epithet, the 'Sherni' (lioness) of Afghanistan.

After the parliamentary elections of 2010, Anarkali Kaur became the first non-Muslim woman member of Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament. Dr. Anarkali Kaur Honaryar, is a Sikh and Senator in Afghan Parliament; a trained dentist managing to achieve outstanding level of education in this war-torn nation. She is one of only about 3,000 Sikhs and Hindus who remain in Afghanistan today.

अफगानिस्तान की अनारकली कोर हुनरयार का चयन वर्ष 2011 के यूनेस्को-मदनजीत सिंह पुरस्कार हेतु चयनित।

अफगानिस्तान की अनारकली कोर हुनरयार का चयन वर्ष 2011 के सहिष्णुता व अहिंसा को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए यूनेस्को-मदनजीत सिंह पुरस्कार के लिए किया गया। अनारकली कोर को अफगानिस्तान की महिलाओं और अल्पसंख्यक गुटों की स्थिति सुधारने, मानवीय गरिमा के आदर्शों, मानवाधिकारों, आपसी सम्मान और सहिष्णुता को बढ़ावा देने की उनकी प्रतिबद्धता के लिए दिया गया।

अनारकली कोर वर्ष 2010 में अफगानिस्तान की संसद वोलेसी जिगरा की निचले सदन में चुनी जाने वाली पहली गैर-मुस्लिम सदस्य हैं। अनारकली अफगानिस्तान की अल्पसंख्यक सिख समुदाय की सदस्य हैं। इन्हें अफगानिस्तान की शेरनी भी कहा जाता है। अनारकली कोर हुनरयार वर्ष 2009 में रेडियो फ्री अफगानिस्तान "पर्सन ऑफ द इयर" चुनी गई थीं।

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