189:, Tora's mother and siblings fled to Pakistan, but her father and uncle remained in the country with no way to leave. With Tora's Oxford connections, she was able to get her father and uncle on an evacuation flight out of Kabul, which left on August 24, 2021. Her family was later resettled in the United States in April 2023.
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and to help them relocate outside the country if they wished. Dosti has offered educational scholarships and support to empower young
Afghans to access education during the Taliban's ban on girls and women's education. Tora has also used her contacts through Dosti to help some Afghans escape the
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In May 2023, Tora was named as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia for Social Impact. In June 2023, Tora received the CEU Open
Society Prize, as one of six representatives of Afghan women's struggle for the protection of women's and girls’ rights in Afghanistan.
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In 2019, Tora co-founded the Dosti
Initiative to educate girls about menstrual health and hygiene in Afghanistan. In 2021, Tora founded the Dosti Network to provide humanitarian aid to Afghans under
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Tora has worked with refugees and asylum seekers globally since a young age. She has advocated for Afghan refugees' rights in
Pakistan, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States.
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In 2022, Tora was one of 18 recipients of the
Echoing Green Fellowship. The first Afghan to receive the fellowship, Tora said she would use the funds to expand the Dosti Network.
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is an Afghan campaigner for women's and refugee rights and a social entrepreneur. In
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in 2021 and completed a Master of
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Tora's family were living in
Afghanistan by 2021. Shortly before the
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country, and to support Afghan refugees living in Pakistan.
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in 2020. She earned a Masters in Public Policy from the
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382:Zimmerman, Brian (2022-10-13).
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929:Clara Elizabeth Fragoso Ugarte
127:Blavatnik School of Government
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137:Activism and entrepreneurship
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82:Early life and education
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696:Entertainment and sport
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1151:Afghan women activists
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980:Leanne Cullen-Unsworth
904:Carolina Díaz Pimentel
919:Kera Sherwood-O'Regan
797:Culture and education
550:Politics and advocacy
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1171:People from Peshawar
414:Watson, Rana Wehbe.
131:University of Oxford
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819:Chila Kumari Burman
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592:Christiana Figueres
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804:Afroze-Numa
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162:Recognition
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20:Summia Tora
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602:Rina Gonoi
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