Delbar Nazari

Delbar Nazari (5 March 1956 – 14 August 2024) was an Afghan politician who was the last Minister for Women's Affairs.

Early life and education Nazari was an Uzbek from Khulm District in Balkh province.

In October 2016, Nazari appeared on an all female panel on the BBC program Open Jirga, to discuss issues of equality, despite bomb blasts and attacks in the city the previous day. On 13 December 2016, Nazari told journalists that more than 87% of women in Afghanistan were not safe, saying "Deprivation has caused a lot of threats for women across the country." Her ministry recorded more than 4,000 cases of violence against women in the previous nine months.

Death Nazari died from a cardiac arrest in Calgary, Canada, on 14 August 2024, at the age of 68.