Hareer Hashim, young 24 year old Afghan advocate, works as Program Manager for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Afghanistan section. Hareer’s work includes coordinating the WILPF Confronting Militarized Masculinities initiative in Afghanistan- building alliances between women peacebuilders and men who work for gender equality. In 2020, Hareer helped organize the first Afghan Women Ulema Conference and supported the launch of 100 Untold Stories of War and Peace by Afghan Women. Currently, her work focuses on advocating for the rights and protection of human and women rights defenders, whose lives are at stake, especially with the new political regime of Afghanistan, that has posed many life-threatening situations for the intellectual members of Afghanistan, especially women and human rights activists. Hareer recently left Afghanistan in August 2021.
Hareer graduated with honors from the American University in Dubai (AUD) majoring in International Relations with a certificate in Middle Eastern Studies. Hareer has also supported organizational development in Noor Education and Capacity Development Organization (NECDO) and Afghan Women for Peace and Freedom Organization (AWPFO).
