Ama Jan, Safia, 1941-2006

LC control no.	n 2010010397
Personal name heading	Ama Jan, Safia, 1941-2006 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ahmed-jan, Safia, 1941-2006 Amajan, Safia, 1941-2006 Jan, Safia Ama, 1941-2006
Found in	Manion, J. Safia Ama Jan, c2011: ECIP galley (head of Kandahar's Ministry of Women's Affairs office; assassinated in 2006) USA today online, Feb. 23, 2010 (Safia Ama Jan) Unesco website, Feb. 23, 2010 (Safia Ama Jan; 1941-2006) Wikipedia, Feb. 23, 2010 (Safia Ahmed-jan; alternative published English transliterations: Safia Ahmed Jan, Safia Ama Jan, Safia Amajan; b.1941; d. Sept. 25, 2006; Afghan women's rights advocate and outspoken critic of the Taliban for the latter's suppression of women; during the period of fundamentalist rule, she stayed in Afghanistan to secretly teach women; assassinated Sept. 25, 2006; provincial director of Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kandahar province for five years; previously a teacher and high school principal; she was killed in front of her home in Kandahar by two men on a motorcycle)