Farkhunda Zahra Naderi (Dari: فرخنده زهرا نادری) is an Afghan politician and women's right activist.
Moreover, Naderi entered into the 2010 election campaigns with a challenging slogan of "Burka, the window of power;[12] چادری، دریچه قدرت" and there were no pictures of her in the advertising materials and posters, as she wanted to encourage the public to concentrate on women candidates' platforms[13] rather than their faces.
[16] Naderi succeeded to break the taboo by raising voice in the parliament, working with civil society[17] to political groups from national[18] to international level.
In March 2013, Naderi obtained the membership of third Standing Committee (Human Rights & Democracy) at IPU's 128th Assembly held in Ecuador.
In March 2014, at the 130th Assembly of IPU, Naderi strengthened the role of Afghan parliament further by becoming the President of the mentioned committee through another election.
[24] Farkhunda Zahra Naderi worked as a senior advisor to President Ashraf Ghani on UN affairs, from December 2016 to November 2018.
She developed the One UN document with an aim to establish coordination, accountability, transparency and efficiency for the aids and operations of the UN agencies in Afghanistan.
[24] However, when she held a press conference in Gmic, after her resignation in November 2018, she shared the report of her work as the senior advisor to the president with the public.But she avoided to answer media's questions regarding her resignation, instead she encouraged them to hold her accountable for the performance of her service in Arg[30] Miss Naderi was nominated by UNDP for the 2012 N-Peace Award.
[32] Farkhunda Zahra Naderi was the only female representative from Afghanistan who participated in three consecutive unofficial Chantilly Conferences at Paris in 2010 and 2012.
Chadari Design is a symbolic brand established in August 2019 by Farkhunda Zahra Naderi with an aim to support and empower women.
The exhibition along with Farkhunda Zahra Naderi's speech[36] created debates and discussions among Afghan citizens,[37] young women,[38] university students[39] lecturers, artists and political , social and cultural[40] communities.
[41] The exhibition started with the cliché of women being victims and men the violators of her rights but within the details of her work she challenged the same concept (that gender per se cannot be the source of violence) by highlighting the role of justice through accountability and transparency in power regardless of gender differences to prevent the vicious circle of revenge and war in order to bring equality.
[35] The exhibition of Chadari VS Lungi which was addressing the social and cultural perspective towards femininity and masculinity divisions, with its diverse and detailed designs and artwork created interest and debate among Afghans in different walks of life.