page_title: Jalila Haider
hierarchical_section_title: Jalila Haider
caption_attribution_description: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, First Lady of the United States Melania Trump, and awardee Jalilah Haider of Pakistan pose for a photo, at the Department of State on March 4, 2020. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]
context_page_description: Jalila Haider is a human rights attorney and political activist from Quetta, a city in Balochistan, Pakistan. Haider is known to be the first woman lawyer from the Hazara minority of Quetta and has been an advocate for the rights of her persecuted community in Pakistan. She is a member of Awami Workers Party, leader of the Balochistan chapter of Women Democratic Front, and is also an activist in the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement. She founded a non-profit organisation, 'We the Humans – Pakistan', which aims to empower local communities in Balochistan by strengthening opportunities for vulnerable women and children.
  She was named in BBC's 100 Women of 2019, and was chosen as an International Woman of Courage by the United States Department of State in March 2020.
context_section_description: Jalila Haider (Hazaragi/Urdu: جلیله حیدر; b. December 10, 1988) is a human rights attorney and political activist from Quetta, a city in Balochistan, Pakistan. Haider is known to be the first woman lawyer from the Hazara minority of Quetta and has been an advocate for the rights of her persecuted community in Pakistan. She is a member of Awami Workers Party (AWP), leader of the Balochistan chapter of Women Democratic Front (WDF), and is also an activist in the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). She founded a non-profit organisation, 'We the Humans – Pakistan', which aims to empower local communities in Balochistan by strengthening opportunities for vulnerable women and children.
  She was named in BBC's 100 Women of 2019, and was chosen as an International Woman of Courage by the United States Department of State in March 2020.
caption: Haider in 2020
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