Fakhra Salimi
Fakhra Salimi (born 18 November 1957 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani-born Norwegian human rights activist, feminist, journalist and editor. She is founder and executive director of the MiRA Resource Centre for Black, Immigrant and Refugee Women.
She has been a member of the board of directors of the Norwegian Centre Against Racism (1980–2003), a co-founder and member of the board of the directors of the Forum for Women and Development (1990–1995), a member of the advisory council of the Norwegian Study of Power and Democracy (1998–2003), a board member of Oslo University College, a jury member of the Norwegian government's Human Rights Prize for Journalists (2005–2009), and was a co-founder and the first vice president of the Norwegian Women's Lobby.[1]
Salimi moved to Norway in 1979, and has studied sociology, anthropology, and media and communication studies. She worked as a journalist with the NRK in the early 1980s. Her brother Khalid Salimi is also a prominent human rights activist in Norway.[2]
Awards
- Gender Equality Prize of the Confederation of Vocational Unions, 1999
- Ossietzky Prize of PEN Norway, 2005[3]
- Public Health Prize, 2005
- Girls' Prize of Plan Norway[4]
- Prize for the Advancement of the Rule of Law (Rettssikkerhetsprisen) of the Norwegian Association of Lawyers, 2015[5]
- Medal of St. Hallvard, 2015[6]
References
- ↑ "Fakhra Salimi – Store norske leksikon". Snl.no. 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ↑ Mellom barken og veden
- ↑ Elisabeth Eide, (28 December 2005): "Uredd og verdig prisvinner," Klassekampen
- ↑ "Jenteprisen | Plan Norge | Plan Norge" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Plan-norge.no. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ↑ Fakhra Salimi får enda en pris for innsatsen for minoritetskvinner, Aftenposten
- ↑ Det er lov å være stolt, ABC Nyheter