Khadija Ahrari
Khadija Ahrari | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of the People | |
| In office 1965–1969 | |
| Constituency | Herat |
Khadija Ahrari was an Afghan politician, and jointly the first woman elected to parliament in the country.
Biography[]
Following the introduction of women's suffrage in the 1964 constitution, Ahrari was one of four women elected to Parliament in the 1965 elections, representing Herat.[1] However, she did not contest the 1969 elections.[2]
References[]
- ^ Women and the Elections: Facilitating and Hindering Factors in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections AFEU
- ^ Louis Dupree (2014) Afghanistan Princeton University Press, p653
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