Forozan Rasool is from Helmand Province, Afghanistan. She holds master’s degree in Public Administration from University of Portsmouth, UK. Forozan currently works as a Campaign Support Consultant with Amnesty International – South Asian Regional Office to support Human Rights Defenders in Afghanistan who are at risk. Forozan has worked for more than a decade with international organisations and NGOs in Afghanistan on good governance, women’s rights, human rights, and peacebuilding. She often works with local communities and strives to ensure that the perspectives of different groups working at grassroots level (women, community leaders, youth, community influential figures etc.) are heard by policymakers and international organisations. In 2019 and 2020, she facilitated two Peace Consultative Loya Jirgas in Afghanistan where major decisions were consulted with community leaders from various provinces. In 2020, she was awarded a “Top Peace Builder’ award from the Women’s Regional Network (WRN) and in 2021 was awarded the ‘Solidarity and Commitment Award’ from the Afghan Women’s Network. Forozan has represented Afghanistan at different national and international conferences including the Geneva Ministerial Conference in 2018 and 2020 and has conducted advocacy work with different UN agencies and with parliament members and senior diplomats in the EU, USA, and other countries.

March/April 2022 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes