Afghan woman elected as member of International Olympic Committee

The 24-year-old woman was among nine new members elected by IOC and she is first Afghan to become member of the committee.
She had been nominated by the committee in July this year with its president saying that the nomination sent a message.
"She's a young woman of Afghanistan who is very active in promoting the right to play sport for women in Afghanistan, you all know it's not an easy task," Thomas Bach, the OIC president, had said.
"With this nomination we wanted to send a signal not only to men and women in Afghanistan but also in all these countries where women are facing serious obstacles to do sport,” he had said.
Two more women were also among the new comers. They were Daina Guzineviciute of Lithuania, a shooting gold medalist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and former nurse Felicite Rwemarika of Rwanda.
Six men elected by fellow IEC members are Camilo Perez from Pagaguay, Giovanni Malago (Italy), William Blick (Uganda), Prince Jigveyl Ugyen Wangchuck (Bhutan), Morinari Watanabe (Japan) and Andrew Parsons (Brazil).