Nigara Mirdad Omar

Nigara Mirdad Omar is a senior Afghan diplomat, international law professional and advocate for human and women's rights. From 2021 to 2024, she was Chargé d'Affaires and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Warsaw.

Her previous roles in Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic missions include Deputy Director General of the Third Political Department and Head of the China Section (2017–2020), Third Secretary at Afghanistan's Embassy and Permanent Mission in Geneva (2015–2016), and Head of the Political and Economic Section at the Afghan Embassy in Paris (2013–2015). She represented Afghanistan in bilateral and multilateral negotiations at state level.

She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in international law from Tajik National State University, completed a one-year programme at Afghanistan's Institute of Diplomacy and undertook international professional and diplomatic development programmes.

She founded the Afghan Women Female Diplomats Network, co-founded the Association for Coordination of Diplomats and belongs to the EU-supported Afghan Women Leaders Group. At the UN Human Rights Council, she addressed Afghanistan's human rights situation and proposed 'gender sanctions' in 2022 and 2024. She also served on Afghanistan's CEDAW delegation, contributing to its 2025 state report.

Her humanitarian work includes supporting the evacuation and safe transfer of vulnerable Afghans during COVID-19, following the fall of Kabul in 2021 and during the conflict in Ukraine.