page_title: Maria Bashir
hierarchical_section_title: Maria Bashir
caption_attribution_description: English: 2011 International Women of Courage awards
context_page_description: Maria Bashir is a lawyer in Afghanistan. She is the only woman to have the job of prosecutor in the country. She has 15 years experience in the Afghan government. During the time of the Taliban, she was not permitted to work. Instead, she had an illegal school for girls in her house. In 2006, after the time of the Taliban, she worked as Chief Prosecutor General of Herat Province. In 2010, she had 87 cases; mostly about corruption and oppression of women.
  In 2011, she received the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. Department of State.
context_section_description: Maria Bashir is a lawyer in Afghanistan.  She is the only woman to have the job of prosecutor in the country. She has 15 years experience in the Afghan government. During the time of the Taliban, she was not permitted to work.  Instead, she had an illegal school for girls in her house. In 2006, after the time of the Taliban, she worked as Chief Prosecutor General of Herat Province. In 2010, she had 87 cases; mostly about corruption and oppression of women.
  In 2011, she received the International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. Department of State.
caption: Maria Bashir at work.
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