Sakena Yacoobi (Persian: سکینه یعقوبی) is an Afghan activist known for her work for promoting access to education for women and children.

[11] During this time, Yacoobi served as an Agency Co-ordinating Body for Afghan Relief delegate, working on the education element of the United Nation's Rehabilitation Plan for Afghanistan.

The organisation's aims are to work from a grassroots level to bring education and health services to disenfranchised Afghan women, including those in rural areas and from poor families in cities.

[18] In 2003, they were co-recipients of the 2003 Peacemakers in Action Award from the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding,[19] and subsequently received the 2004 Women's Rights Prize from the Gruber Foundation.

[25] Nationally, Yacoobi has received service awards from the Ministry of Education in Herat, in addition to the district governments of Mir Bacha Kot, Shakardara, Kalakan, and Kabul.