Rabia Nasimi
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| Employer(s) | Afghanistan and Central Asian Association |
| Known for | Afghan Refugee Activist in London |
Rabia Nasimi (born 15 December 1993) is a former Afghan refugee who fled Afghanistan in 1999 and now campaigns for refugee rights in London.[1] Nasimi works for the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) as the organisation's development officer and is a refugee activist in London[2][3]. In 2017 she was accepted as a sociology PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge.[4]
Nasimi and her family fled Afghanistan in 1999 out of fear of persecution at the hands of the Taliban.[5] They arrived in the UK in the back of a refrigerated container [6] and in 2001 the family established the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA), a charity dedicated to improving the lives of Afghans and all refugees in London.[7] Nasimi olunteered with the organisation from the beginning,[8] and became the Development Officer responsible for designing and shaping the organisations long term strategy as well creating and launching new services such as the ACAA's supplementary school for struggling refugees or the ESOL for Integration programme.
In 2015 she was nominated for the Afghan Professionals Network Aspire Award for outstanding contributions to the Afghan community in London while in 2017 she was nominated for the Lewisham Mayors Award for contributions to Lewisham. In 2018 she was nominated for the WeAreTheCity Rising Stars Award, [9] and for the Asian Voice Charity Awards in the most inspiring young person category for her work advocating refugee rights both in the UK and Afghanistan.[10]
References
- ^ "From Afghanistan to Cambridge". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Rabia Nasimi Interview: Personal Experiences and Voluntary Work (Part 1) – Cambridge Refugee Scholarship Campaign". camrefugeecampaign.org. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "473 million women won't be able to read this article". Newsweek. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Rabia Nasimi: From escaping the Taliban to a PhD at Cambridge | Eastlondonlines". Eastlondonlines. 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
- ^ "21st Century Women: Rabia Nasimi". Cambridge 105 Radio. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ Care, Adam (2017-10-23). "'I arrived in the UK in a lorry - now I'm a Cambridge student'". cambridgenews. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
- ^ "Refugee smuggled into Britain enrols at Cambridge". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ Magazine, Brown Girl (2017-12-06). "This is How Rabia Nasimi Escaped the Taliban Regime to Pursue her Studies at Cambridge University". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Rabia Nasimi | Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) - WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards". WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Shortlist 2018 // Charity Awards". Asian Voice Charity Awards, powered by Charity Clarity. Retrieved 2018-05-21.