Anisa Rasooli Explained

Anisa Rasooli (born 1969) is an Afghan judge and one of the few woman judges in the higher judiciary that the country has had.^[1]

Life

She was born in Parwan Province and graduated from Kabul University.^[2] In 2018, she became the first female to sit on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan.^{[3] [4] [5]}

See also

• List of first women lawyers and judges in Asia

Notes and References

1. Book: Sedra, Mark. Security Sector Reform in Conflict-Affected Countries: The Evolution of a Model. 2016-11-03. Routledge. 9781317390800.
2. Web site: Women Judges in Afghanistan: An Interview with Anisa Rasooli. 2021-10-05. CMI - Chr. Michelsen Institute. en.
3. Book: Institute, George W. Bush. We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope. 2017-03-07. Simon and Schuster. 9781501120510.
4. Web site: Historic bid to become Afghanistan's first female justice falls 9 votes short. 2018-11-02. Washington Post. Sudarsan. Raghavan.
5. Web site: In the words of Justice Anisa Rasooli: "Not all women in Afghanistan are women in blue burqas begging…we can be the best engineers, doctors, judges, teachers". 2019-07-22. UN Women.