# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/suraya-pakzad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:29:13.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/suraya-pakzad"
name: "Suraya Pakzad"
slug: "suraya-pakzad"
description: "Suraya Pakzad is an Afghan women's rights activist. In 1998 she founded the organization Voice of Women, which began by teaching girls how to read, and now provides women with shelter, counseling, and job training. The organization worked in secret until 2001 because of the Taliban. In fact, on two occasions, the girls being taught to read had to burn their books for fear of being caught. Voice of Women was named as an official NGO in 2001, and in 2002 it officially registered with the government of Afghanistan. It also helped develop the Afghan constitution."
tagline: "Afghan women's rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/International_Women_of_Courage_Awards_2008_-Suraya_Pakzad_-_Afghanistan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1975"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.02
  momentum:             11.33644133644134
  historical:           17.07105866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ثريا باكزاد"
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    title: "Suraya Pakzad"
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    title: "Suraya Pakzad"
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    title: "Пакзад, Сурая"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Suraya Pakzad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Süreyya Pakzad"
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    title: "Сурая Пакзад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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