Hasina Jalal is an advocate for human rights and gender equality in Afghanistan. Currently, a PhD student and Research Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, she has an MBA from the American University of Afghanistan and an MA in Women's and Gender Studies from the University of Northern Iowa as a Fulbright scholar.
Ms Jalal is the Founding Director of the National Association of Afghanistan Civil Society and the co-founder of the first alliance of South Asian women on women's economic, social, and cultural rights. In 2020, she was elected by public vote as one of the "45 Most Influential Afghan Women" and in 2014, she was elected by public vote to receive the "N-Peace Award" from the UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Office and the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on the University for Peace. In Afghanistan, she worked as a Policy Advisor to the Minister and Director of Program Design and Donor Coordination Directorate at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Government of Afghanistan and as a Policy Expert and Research Team Lead at the Administrative Office of the President of Afghanistan.
