caption predecessor successor religion birth_place president image_size title birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
massouda jalal on voice of america in 2005 habiba sarabi husn banu ghazanfar islam gulbahar , kapisa province , afghanistan hamid karzai 200px minister of women 's affairs , afghanistan january 5 , 1962 october 2004 massouda 2005.jpg jalal , voa tv , march 9 , massouda jalal
 july 2006 massouda jalal
massouda jalal

massouda jalal -lrb- born january 5 , 1962 -rrb- is a politician in afghanistan , who served as minister of women 's affairs from october 2004 to july 2006 .
she was also the only woman candidate in the afghan presidential election , 2004 .
she has a background as a pediatrician , teacher at kabul university , and a un world food programme worker .
