Nasrin Oryakhil is a gynecologist and obstetrician, and since 2004 she has been the Director of the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.She founded inside that hospital the first clinic for obstetric fistula repair in Afghanistan.She is the president of the NGO Afghan Family Health Association, and a member of the Afghan Women's Network, as well as part of the group whose task is to create a Medical Council in Afghanistan.She also supported the creation of the Afghan Midwives Association.She received a 2014 International Women of Courage award.