celebratingamazingwomen: Asma Jahangir (1952-2018) was a Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist.
celebratingamazingwomen: Asma Jahangir (1952-2018) was a Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist. She was the co-founder and Chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. She was a staunch defender of women’s rights, as well as those of children and religious minorities, for which she was even arrested. Among the many awards she received in honour of her work are The Right Livelihood Award in 2014 and the United Nations Human Rights Award, posthumously, in 2018. -- source link