Mina Sharif

Mina Sharif

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Afghan Women's Rights Activist | Cultural Competence Consultant | Author | Host

  • Videos
  • Expertise
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Gender Equality
  • Racial Justice
  • Women Of Influence
  • Women's Rights & #MeToo
  • Women's Leadership
  • Public Relations

MINA SHARIF BIOGRAPHY

Mina Sharif is an Afghan raised in Canada, who lived and travelled extensively in Afghanistan for fifteen years. Her experience there focused on utilizing media and grassroots communities to foster connectivity and unity towards a common goal of co-existence and peace building. Experiencing a Global South life, through the lens of her Canadian upbringing, taught her a number of lessons about how we can use our daily opportunities, even within small networks, to make our world a more peaceful and unified community.

Her professional experience includes media training for street children with Save the Children, leading multiple grassroots charity efforts, developing and disseminating nationwide public service campaigns for the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defense, and directing the Afghan version of Sesame Street. Mina Sharif is also the founder of Sisters 4 Sisters, a mentorship program designed to empower women and girls in marginalized communities through confidence building.

As an engaging speaker, Mina Sharif is often invited to speak on podcasts, panels, and mass media interviews. Sharing her personal experiences of life in the Global South, through the lens of a Canadian-raised woman, makes her presentations accessible to audiences in a way that few can offer. Her shared experiences with Canadian-raised audiences, newcomers, and the diaspora, enable Mina Sharif to inspire in a way that includes everyone in the room and leaves them realizing that we can all be more active members of the global community. Mina Sharif has spoken at schools, been featured on many podcasts, moderated roundtables, has a considerable social media following, and has appeared on a number of TV and print outlets including the Toronto Star, Al Jazeera, and the CBC.

As a hyphenated Canadian, her lived experience has had a great impact on those who face the nuances of the diaspora/identity challenges or want to learn more about them. As a content creator, Mina Sharif helps people connect to Afghanistan beyond headlines. Through the support Mina Sharif has received from her social media following, Mina Sharif has raised thousands of dollars for aid work and founded the Durkhanum Sewing Circle, an emergency response employment opportunity for women who lost their jobs after the fall of Afghanistan, a project for which she was featured in Teen Vogue.

Miss Sharif is now in Canada and continues to lead numerous volunteer aid efforts for Afghanistan. Mina Sharif co-hosts a popular podcast, writes for numerous publications, and serves as a consultant for cultural competence, philanthropy, and best practices to serve newcomers from conflict-affected countries. Mina Sharif speaks as an expert on women’s rights, the newcomer and diaspora experience, communication tools, Afghanistan, diversity, and inclusion.

Mina Sharif Related Media

Media Interview

The Open Forum UK

SBC

Prospect and Possibility of Engagement with the Taliban on Women Rights
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Media Interview

Al-Jazeera

SBC

Taliban Takeover: Fighters Enter Afghan Presidential Palace
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Podcast

New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy

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Emily Prey

Gendering Geopolitics

Podcast

The Follow

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Sanders\Wingo Advertising

Changing Perceptions About Afghanistan with Mina Sharif

Podcast

OneRising

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Misaq Kazimi

Afghanistan by Afghans EP19 | Mina Sharif | A Canadian-Afghan who chose to go back to Afghanistan

Mina Sharif Related Content

Book

We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard
We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard
After decades of significant progress, the prospects of women and girls in Afghanistan are once again dependent on radical Islamists who reject gender equality. When the United States announced the end of their twenty-year occupation and the Taliban seized control of the country on August 15, 2021,...

Articles & Magazine Feature

Toronto woman behind Afghan ads

Toronto Star

KABUL–Western countries spend millions trying to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan, only to throw it all away with a clumsy cultural gaffe. That's where Mina Sharif c
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Articles & Magazine Feature

Meet the Afghan Women Showing Their Resistance by Sewing

teen Vogue

Since the takeover of Kabul, Afghan women and girls in the country have been prohibited from continuing their careers and education. Because of this, combined with an economic crisis, many have had to search for alternatives to make ends meet. For the women of the Durkhanum: Kabul Sewing Circle, the answer is sisterhood. When the capitol fell in August, Mina Sharif, an Afghan activist and media producer based in Canada, feared for a fellow activist in Afghanistan, whose name she does not use in order to protect her safety. Sharif helped plan a safe exit for her friend, hoping she could leave the country and avoid the risk of being targeted.
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Articles & Magazine Feature

Hey World, Are You Listening? Afghan Girls And Women In Crisis Are Asking Read more at: https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/women-of-afghanistan-diaspora-fundraisers-relief-mina-sharif/

shethepeople

“Afghanistan has a 5000-year-old history. We have had women in leadership roles the entire time. By no means do Afghan women need international influence on empowerment,” Mina Sharif, executive producer for shows such as Baghch-e-Simsim and Voice of Afghan Youth, tells SheThePeople in a telephonic interview.
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Mina Sharif Topic Presentations

Mina Sharif Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers Keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics.Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences, and event formats.

Diversity Measures and Intercultural Communication: Steps We Can All Take, to Truly Connect

Effectively Supporting Newcomers

Empowering Women

Mina Sharif Speaking Testimonials

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