# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sakena-yacoobi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:19.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sakena-yacoobi"
name: "Sakena Yacoobi"
slug: "sakena-yacoobi"
description: "Sakena Yacoobi is an Afghan activist known for her work for promoting access to education for women and children. She is the founder and executive director of the women-led NGO Afghan Institute of Learning. For her work, Yacoobi has received international recognition, including the 2013 Opus Prize, the 2015 WISE Prize, the 2016 Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education, and an honorary degree from Princeton University."
tagline: "Afghan activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sakena_Yacoobi_Profile.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.39
  momentum:             15
  historical:           14.009972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 247
sources:
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    title: "سکینہ یعقوبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sakena Yacoobi"
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    title: "Sakena Yacoobi"
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    title: "Sakena Yacoobi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sakena Yacoobi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sakena Yacoobi"
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    title: "Sakena Yacoobi"
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    title: "ਸਕੀਨਾ ਯਾਕੂਬੀ"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sakena Yacoobi"
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    title: "Якуби, Сакена"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump