Nasrin Oryakhil

Nasrin Oryakhil (born 1964) is a gynecologist and obstetrician from Afghanistan. She received a 2014 International Women of Courage Award. 
 Work 

In 2004, Oryakhil became the Director of the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. At that hospital, she started the first clinic for obstetric fistula repair in Afghanistan. She is the president of the NGO Afghan Family Health Association, and a member of the Afghan Women's Network. 

Oryakhil is also part of a group to create a Medical Council in Afghanistan. She supported the creation of the Afghan Midwives Association.

Oryakhil is a member of the Afghan Women’s Network.  She speaks to the Parliament and at professional medical conferences.  She is part of a working group to start a Medical Council in Afghanistan. 

 Awards 

In 2014, Oryakhil received an International Women of Courage Award.

Related pages
List of women scientists from Asia

 References 

 Other websites 

 2015 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
 Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Afghan scientists
Category:Obstetricians
Category:Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Category:Gynecologists
Category:21st-century Afghan people