Yalda Sarwar

Company: Canadian Campaign for Afghan Peace + Ayedi

Title: Journalist, Human Rights Advocate, Poet, Community Organizer

Expert Overview

Yalda is an expert on issues of Afghanistan, Afghan politics, human rights, women's rights, poetry, humanitarian work, community organizing, and advocacy.

Yalda Sarwar is an Afghan-Canadian journalist, poet, human rights advocate, and community organizer.

She is currently working with young leaders on a campaign called Canadian Campaign for Afghan Peace. She wears multiple hats with this campaign; including that of a Media Spokesperson, and Committee Adviser Researcher. She also acts as a liaison with Afghans on the ground and internationally, as the Afghanistan crisis continue to cost Afghans, Afghan-Canadians, and the world.

She has been actively aware of the political and humanitarian conflicts around the world, including those in Canada and her homeland Afghanistan. She is a 2021 Daughters of the Vote delegate and has been involved politically in Canada.

She has also written and appeared on national and international media speaking about Canada and Afghanistan. She has also tirelessly reported about both nations. Her media experience includes working with CBC News Toronto, and multiple News networks in Afghanistan.

Yalda's lived experience includes being born in Afghanistan, experiencing the Afghan war firsthand, and being active, in politics and in journalism, both in Canada and globally.