H.E. Husn Banu Ghazanfar
Minister of Women's Affairs
Husn Banu Ghazanfar, daughter of Abdul Ghafar, was born in Balkh on February 1st, 1957 (Dalwa 1336 on the local calendar). She graduated from Sultan Razia High School in Mazar-e-sharif and obtained her BA and Master's Degree on Literature and Sociology from Stawarpool Qafqaaz in 1362. Later the same year, she became the scientific cadre of the Literature Faculty of Kabul University.
After two years of service as a lecturer at the faculty of literature at Kabul University, she went to Petersburg to obtain her Doctrine on Philology. In 1382, she was appointed Head of the Literature Faculty and was working in this post until she was appointed Minister of Women's Affairs. Ms. Ghazanfar has also been a member of the High Council of the Ministry of Higher Education, of the Speranto International Association of Women, the International Association of Turk Zabanan and member of the Board of Directors at the Hakim Naser Khesro Balkhi Association.
Ms. Ghazanfar is fluent in Dari, Pashto, Uzbek and Russian, and has basic skills in Turkish and English. Her scientific articles and essays have been published in national as well as international newspapers. She is a poet, and has published the books "The Human Fate," "Predations in the 21st Century", "The Secrets of Beauty and Attraction", and translated the book "Self Realization."
For more information, please explore the Ministry of Women’s Affairs’ official website:
www.mowa.gov.af
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