Meena Keshwar Kamal (commonly known as simply Meena) was an Afghani civil rights activist born 27 February 1956 in Kabul.
Biography
Amongst increased calls for social justice in Afghanistan in the 1970s, she laid the groundwork for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, a group organized to give women more say in politics and society. In 1979 she campaigned against what she perceived as a Russian puppet state controlling the nation, and organized meetings in schools of all levels to mobilize support against it.
In 1981, she launched a bilingual feminist magazine, Payam-e-Zan (Women's Message), through which RAWA expressed its cause and exposed the criminal activities of fundamentalist groups. Kishwarkamel also founded Watan Schools , with their specific purpose being to aid refugee children and their mothers, offering both hospitalization and the teaching of skills.
On 4 February 1987, she was assassinated in Quetta, Pakistan by agents of Khedamat-e Etelea'at-e Dawlati, the Marxist Afghani secret police.
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