Meena Keshwar Kamal

Meena Keshwar Kamal
Meena Keshwar Kamal, 1982
Native name	مینا کشور کمال
Born	27 February 1956
Died	February 4, 1987(1987-02-04) (aged 30) Quetta, Pakistan
Cause of death	Assassinated for her political activities
Nationality	Afghan
Education	Kabul University
Occupation	Revolutionary political activist, Feminist, Women's rights activist
Years active	1977—1987
Organization	Founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Spouse(s)	Faiz Ahmad (1976-1986)

Meena Keshwar Kamal (Pashto/Persian: مینا کشور کمال‎‎; February 27, 1956 – February 4, 1987), commonly known as Meena, was an Afghan revolutionary political activist, feminist, women's rights activist and founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), who was assassinated in 1987.

In 1977, when she was a student at Kabul University, she founded Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), an organization formed to promote equality and education for women and continues to "give voice to the deprived and silenced women of Afghanistan". In 1979 she campaigned against DRA, and organized meetings in schools to mobilize support against it, and in 1981, she launched a bilingual feminist magazine, Payam-e-Zan (Women's Message). She also founded Watan Schools to aid refugee children and their mothers, offering both hospitalization and the teaching of practical skills.

At the end of 1981, by invitation of the French Government Meena represented the Afghan resistance movement at the French Socialist Party Congress. The Soviet delegation at the Congress, headed by Boris Ponamaryev, left the hall as participants cheered when Meena started waving a victory sign.

Kamal was married to Afghanistan Liberation Organization leader Faiz Ahmad, who was murdered by agents of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on November 12, 1986. They had three children, whose whereabouts are unknown.