Begum Anwar Ahmed
Pakistani feminist
Begum Anwar Ahmed | |
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6th President of the International Alliance of Women | |
In office 1964–1970 | |
Preceded by | Ezlynn Deraniyagala |
Succeeded by | Edith Anrep |
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Nationality | Pakistani |
Begum Anwar Ahmed was a Pakistani feminist, who served as chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 1958 and as the 6th president of the International Alliance of Women from 1964 to 1970.[1]
Her husband served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States.[2]
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Presidents of the International Alliance of Women
- 1 Carrie Chapman Catt
- 2 Dame Margery Corbett Ashby
- 3 Hanna Rydh
- 4 Ester Graff
- 5 Ezlynn Deraniyagala
- 6 Begum Anwar Ahmed
- 7 Edith Anrep
- 8 Irène de Lipkowski
- 9 Olive Bloomer
- 10 Alice Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos
- 11 Patricia Giles
- 12 Rosy Weiss
- 13 Lyda Verstegen
- 14 Joanna Manganara
- 15 Cheryl Hayles
- 16 Marion Böker
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