Afghan Biographies

Payenda, Zubaida Mrs.


Name Payenda, Zubaida Mrs.
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth
Function/Grade Kandahar Women’s Affairs Department (KWAD) Director
History and Biodata

1. Former Directors of Kandahar Women's Affairs Department (KWAD):
Safia Amajan Safiya Ama Jan [head of women’s affairs department killed in September 2006.
Zubaida Payenda is the director of the Kandahar Women’s Affairs Department (KWAD) (20101202)
Mrs. Sohaila was the Acting Head of Kandahar Women's Department (20100626)

Background Women Security Situation in Kandahar:
Rana Tarin Ranna Tareen, born 1971, was a well-known women’s rights activist, has decided to leave Kandahar in May 2010 and run for parliament in Kabul. (She said she quitted as she was frightened because Kandahar has lost a lot of its brave women over the past few years: Sitara Achakzai [provincial council member killed in April 2009], Malalai Kakar [top female police officer killed in September 2008] and Safia Amajan [head of women’s affairs department killed in September 2006.)

Last Modified 2015-04-12
Established 2010-12-02