MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The first phase of a five-year women’s economic empowerment program covering four districts was launched in northern Balkh province on Thursday, officials said.
Local officials and representatives of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) attended the program launching ceremony in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital.
MRRD’s urban women economic development executive director Rahmatullah Quraishi told Pajhwok Afghan New at the event that the five-year women’s economic empowerment program was formally kicked off in the province . . .
