Lawangina Khan
(1977-)

Afghani Community Health Worker
1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005

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birthplace: Paktika province, Afghanistan

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Lawangina Khan is an Afghani community health worker with the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. She helped train 30 midwives to work in villages which have no access to medical facilities. Lawangina Khan also worked as a peacebuilder and negotiator between women of rival groups along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. She was chosen as a consultant on women's issues during the historic 2004 elections in Afghanistan. For her continuing efforts to improve the economic, political and social status of women in Afghanistan, Lawangina Khan was nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize as part of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize project.