Amna Buttar: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
<gallery> |
<gallery> |
||
Image:Buttar4.jpg|Amna Buttar at Glamour Magazine Conference in |
Image:Buttar4.jpg|Amna Buttar at Glamour Magazine Conference in NY, USA |
||
Image:Buttar_hilary.JPG|Amna Buttar with Hilary Clinton, NY, USA |
|||
</gallery> |
</gallery> |
||
Revision as of 20:25, 27 June 2008
 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (June 2008) |
 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (June 2008) |
Amna Buttar | |
|---|---|
| File:Buttar.jpg Amna Buttar | |
| Born | Feb 9, 1962 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Nationality | US & Pakistani |
| Occupation | Medical Doctor |
| Known for | Women's Rights Activism |
Amna Buttar (b. Lahore, Pakistan on Feb 9, 1962)is currently Member Provincial Assemply[1], Punjab, Pakistan. Internationally known for her women's rights work. Her humanitarian work focusses on the woes of south asian women.
Early Life
Buttar earned an MBBS from Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan in 1987. Married to Surgeon and migrated to US same year. Did her residency in Internal Medicine from Medical College of Wisconsin in 1992. After doing her fellowship in Geriatric Medicine from University of Michigan in 1995 she also did her Masters in Public Health from the same University in 1996.
Served as Assistant Professor for 5 years in Geriatric Medicine in University of Michigan and served as Associate Professor in the same discipline in University of Wisconsin for 6 years. Moved to Pakistan in 2007, while serving as Head of the Department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[2].
Human Rights Work
During her stay in US she served in American Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA)[3] as President/Secretary of FJMC alumni for 4 years. She was founder President of American Network Association of Violence Against Women (ANAA). Working for human and women rights with special reference to Pakistani Women brought Mukhtar Mai and Doctor Shazia’s case to lime light all across the globe.
Apart from numerous social, charitable and welfare programmes she has started a charitable programme to help poor women lingering in Pakistani Prisons for long time having no monetary and legal support and representation. In collaboration with Nocolas Kristoff of New York Times she has brought, supervised and organized visit of many American Social Workers and Journalists to Pakistan to high light the miseries being faced by the oppressed Pakistani Women.
In 2006, Girls Learn International presented her with one of six LeadHer awards for the year. Other recipients at the ceremony included U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem.[4]
Currently she lives in Lahore, Pakistan with her family.
-
Amna Buttar at Glamour Magazine Conference in NY, USA
-
Amna Buttar with Hilary Clinton, NY, USA
