Hadeia Amiry

Hadeia Amiry is a writer and advocate for women's rights. She was a Special Adviser to the National Security Adviser to the President of Afghanistan. She has also served as the Deputy Director General of the Fifth Political Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, where she was in charge of the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand Bureau.

 

From 2013-2016, Ms. Amiry worked at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., where she served as the Head of the Economic Department and then as a Senior Political Affairs Officer, analyzing U.S. policy and relations with South and Central Asia. Since 2010,

Ms. Amiry has been actively promoting women’s rights and awareness in Afghanistan.

 

She has been recognized as a 40 under 40 award winner. Ms. Amiry holds an MA in Global Security Studies from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (2016), an MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey (2015), a BA in English Language and Literature from Kabul University (2011), and a BBA from Kardan University in Kabul (2010).