Will Afghanistan's Next President be a Woman?  Probably not. But
Afghan Parliament member and now declared Presidential
candidate, unabashed women's rights supporter, and overall
badass Fawzia Koofi hasn't seen a battle that wasn't uphill.
When Koofi was born, her family initially condemned her to death
due to her sex, but for some reason (sanity?) they opted to keep
her around. She became the first girl in her family to attend
school after pestering her brothers until they let them tag
along with them to class. She first began working for women's
rights after the fall of the Taliban in 2002.  At age 30, she
was elected to parliament. Now, at 36, she's survived several
assassination attempts (the most recent in 2012) and faces an
uphill battle for election in a country that doesn't always take
kindly to women in positions of authority. She says she expects
threats against her and her two daughters, but that she's
prepared.  So far, no one else has announced their desire to run
for President in 2014, the same