born on 15 november 1960 in Garros (Iran). 1983 she came as refugee from Iran to Germany, where she got political asylum. 1989 Farah moved to the Netherlands. She is living in Utrecht.
| Career |
|
| 1rst Quarter 2007 |
Senior Consultant UNDP
Afghanistan, SEAL Project |
| since nov. 2006 |
President of the foundation Bridging the Gulf, Foundation for Human Security in the Middle East |
| 1998 – 2006 |
Member of the Dutch House
of Representatives of the States-General for GroenLinks, the Dutch Green-Left Party
|
| 1998 |
National head of project
'Heel de buurt', at the NIZW (Dutch Institute for Care and Welfare)
|
| 1994 – 1998 |
Project coordinator for
AISA – Project for Empowerment of Black, Immigrant and
Refugee Women, Utrecht |
| 1993 - 1994 |
Projekt assistant for
Probe Foundation in Hogezand-Sappemeer |
| Affiliations |
| 2006 - 2007 |
member of executive
committee of Parliamentarians for Global Action
|
| since 2004 |
member of advisory
committee of International Institute for the Study of Islam in
the Modern World, Leiden (The Netherlands) |
| since 2002 |
member of advisory
committee of Radio Nederland Training Centrum (Dutch Centre of
Excellence in Media) |
| 2000 – 2002 |
chair of Zuid Noord
Federatie (South North Federation) |
| 1998 – 2001 |
member of board of Vluchtelingenorganisaties Nederland (Refugee
Organizations of the Netherlands) |
| 1997 - 1998 |
member of party executive
of Groenlinks (Dutch GreenLeft Party) |
| 1996 – 1998 |
member of board of Transact - Landelijk expertisecentrum
seksespecifieke zorg en seksueel geweld (Dutch expert center for
gender-specific care and sexual violence) |
| 1993 – 1994 |
member of board of Algemeen Maatschappelijk Werk (General Social Work),
Groningen |
| Member of Commitees in
Dutch Parliament (1998 -2006) |
| |
- Foreign affairs
- Defence
- Justice
- European affairs (2002 – 2003 Deputy Chair of Committee)
- Contact Group Germany
- member of NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- initiative for national referendum on European constitution; 2005
|
| Education |
|
| 1989 ? 1993 |
Policy and administration in international organizations
at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) |
| 1986 ? 1988 |
Mathematics and IT at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (Germany)
|
| 1985 ? 1986 |
Studienkollege für ausländische Studenten (college for foreign students) in Hamburg (Germany)
|
| 1978 ? 1980 |
Industrial design at the Technical University of Isfahan (Iran) |
| 1978 |
Final Secondary School Examination in Teheran |
