Mr. Nader Nadery who worked for several years as FEFA's chairman has officially resigned from the organization on June 6th 2016 after a decade of substantial work and remarkable achievements. On June 4th 2016 Mr. Nadery informed FEFA’s board of directors that he shall no longer be available to sustain in his position with FEFA, as he is appointed to lead greater responsibilities in the government as president’s chief advisor in the strategic and public relation affairs. In consideration of his several extraordinary achievements such as his role in establishment of FEFA, serving tirelessly for over a decade to make FEFA the organization it is today, and honoring his hard work and dedication to the cause of free and democratic Afghanistan and investing a significant portion of his time and energy to guide and lead FEFA to achieve his noble mission and vision, considering the fact that he remains ambassador at large for freedom of expression as an independent voice to protect and promote this fundamental right, and keeping the best interests of the organization on mind, ultimately FEFA’s board of directors came to take a difficult decision of approving his resignation but strongly recommends him to persist in his position as FEFA’s founder.
Mohammad Yousuf Rasheed graduated from faculty of law and political sciences of Kabul University. He has experiences on Research, Program Management, and Capacity Development. Rasheed is fully accredited trainer with BRIDG in elections and democracy. In addition to Dari and Pashto, Rasheed can speak in English. He had been engaged as a senior researcher on the Afghan constitution developing process in 2003. He worked with the Free and fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) in June 2004, and led the training and program units up to March 2008. Rasheed also worked with the National Democratic Institute for international affairs (NDI) for more than six years for various senior positions. He led NDI’s Elections program for almost four years. Rasheed had worked as the deputy director for NDI’s Elections Observation Mission (EOM) for Afghanistan in 2010. In the lead-up of 2014 presidential elections in Afghanistan, Rasheed worked with NDI’s local partners to prepare them for observing 2014 elections. Rasheed left NDI in June 2014 and is currently working as Executive Director of FEFA. He was selected by the civil society organizations of Afghanistan as representative of the civil society to the Selection Committee of commissioners of electoral commissions in 2016. Rasheed has participated in many international seminars and conferences on elections.
The current board is composed of seven members serving a term of five years. The board’s term began in Feb 2012, and members are registered at the Ministry of Economy. FEFA’s charter suggests that at least one third of the board should be selected from those who served as board members previously, so that continuity and organizational memory may be preserved. As per FEFA’s charter the board is the highest authority of the organization, and is accountable to the Afghan public, the network of FEFA, and its large number of volunteers.
Mr. Mohammad Basir Hamidi was selected as the FEFA's chairperson on June 2, 2017. Mr. Hamidi graduated from Nangarhar Medical University and has a long history of working with government and non-government organizations in Afghanistan. Mr. Hamidi has worked with FEFA in various endeavors including leadership of the Monitoring and Evaluation Department of FEFA.
Before taking the responsibility of leading FEFA’s monitoring and evaluation department, he was leading FEFA’s admin-logistic department and had played a constructive role in internal control and admin affairs of the organization. He has extensive experiences of election monitoring at the national and international levels. He was an active member of election observation missions to some Asian countries. His contribution in developing policies for FEFA and working with the leadership of FEFA in developing internal legal framework is remarkable. After a decade of working honestly and leaving a clean working background, Mr. Basir Hamidi left FEFA and joined the public services sector at the government of Afghanistan. In a decision made by FEFA’s board of directors, Mr. Hamidi was selected as a member of Board of Directors.
Mrs. Sweeta Noori has been a long term supporter of FEFA. She currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission of Afghan Women Leadership Programs (PROMOTE).
Prior to this, she served as Country Director of Women for Women International in Afghanistan. She managed the programs that have helped more than 8,500 women by providing direct financial assistance, rights education, vocational skills training, and microcredit loans.
In July 2004, Mrs. Noori launched the Afghanistan’s first microcredit lending program targeting women, which has since dispersed over $750,000 to approximately 2,700 women.
She helps maintain a 99% repayment rate. Under Ms. Noori’s leadership, Women for Women International teamed up with the Afghanistan Ministry of Women’s Affairs to register 2,000 women to vote in the historic 2004 presidential elections and 1,800 women in the 2005 parliamentary elections. Prior to joining Women for Women International, Mrs. Noori served as an assistant for the Chairman of the Loya Jerga Commission in forming the transitional administration of Afghanistan. She has also worked for the International Human Rights Law Group and the International Rescue Committee. In October 2005, she addressed the United Nations Security Council and the U.S. Congress about the challenges Afghan women continue to face. She earned her BA in social sciences from Kabul University and received numerous training on leadership and non-profit organization’s management in UK and US.
Mr. Sohil is one of the co-founders of Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA). He is the publisher of Hasht e Subh Daily newspaper, the leading award winning and biggest daily newspaper in Afghanistan with significant outreach throughout country’s main provinces.
He has been leading the only liberal student’s movement in the country since early 2002 and has been one of the members of the Young Leaders Forum in the country. He holds more than 10 years of experience in the media sector of Afghanistan. As Sanjar was intended to contribute towards regional democratization and promotion of the freedom of speech, he established the Kohandazh magazine in north-east region of the country. Similarly, has produced and presented a number of radio and TV debates on human rights issues and current affairs. He has also built its career in visual media by working as the Senior Advisor, News & Current Affairs Manager of the National Radio and Television (RTA) of Afghanistan. He served as the Current Affairs and Broadcasting Manager of the Saba TV (a privet not for profit TV station in Afghanistan). Sanjar has written extensively on politics in Afghanistan and conducted number of widely read researches and assessment reports on democratization and human rights issues in Afghanistan. He holds a Master’s degree on development studies from University of Ottawa.
Mrs. Sadat is a women rights activist. She works as awareness manager of the Women Sexual Harassment project at Modern Education for Development (MODE). Prior to that she served as an administrator at USAID-Afghanistan. She worked as program officer at the Land Reform programs of USAID. She holds a BA in social Sciences from Kabul University and is a candidate for Masters of development studies.
Mr. Yousefi is Director of Afghan Management and Marketing Consulting, a privet sector firm. He founded organization for preservation of traditional handcrafts and is engaged in social works and community development. As a businessman, he has always shown interest in supporting social activities and been involved in volunteer social works. His penchant for a democratic Afghanistan resulted in serving as FEFA's volunteer election observer in elections.
Mr. Safi is a human rights activist. He is currently director of the Caravan of Justice- a social youth community based organization. Prior to this, Mr. Safi was monitoring officer at the Human Rights Commission.
Mr. Safi also served as barrister in Ningrahar province of Afghanistan. As a social worker, he always volunteered as an election observer.
Mr. Mateen Behroz is an active contributor to social activities. He is a dynamic results-oriented manager with over 10 years of management experience in various organizations. He is the founder and CEO of two technological companies in Dubai and Afghanistan. He is capable of leading professional teams and making decisions under challenging circumstances. Prior to establishing his own companies, Mr. Mateen worked with UN agencies and Afghan NGOs.
He earned his BA on Management from American University of Afghanistan and studied Information Technology at Brains collages of Pakistan. He has also studied Information technology client support at Champlen College of Quebec city of Canada. His key areas of profession is IT business management and development, System administration, Software proficiency and network administration.
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