Women

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): Amina Akbari is a young woman in central Bamyan province where she has opened a tailoring workshop allowing work opportunities to generate and occupation for tens of women in the province.

A woman in northern Jawzjan province has established a carpet weaving and sewing workshop, offering work opportunities to 50 women.

The shortage of a proper market for the sale of handicraft have made the producers of these items worried despite growing consumers interest and expansion of the handicraft sector in the province.

A woman in Herat has established a carpet-weaving workshop, providing jobs to 30 poor women in the western province.

Officials of the Department of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) in western Ghor province say that 655 cases of violence against women have been addressed in the past three years.

A female entrepreneur, who has established a restaurant exclusively for women in northwestern Nimroz province, says she plans to hire more women as her business grows.

While expecting support from the government, a number of female handicraft producers in central Daikundi province say they plan to switch to other alternative professions such as embroidery and tailoring due to lack of buyers.

A woman in northern Jawzjan province has established a photography studio for the first time and says if she is supported, she will provide females with jobs and trainings.

Farishta Hashimi, a Kabul-based businesswoman who started her business with an investment of $1,000, has now created job opportunities for 700 women.

A number of infertile women in Nimroz province complain they are subjected to physical violence by their husbands and in-laws and say they should not be treated like criminals, but humanely.

A woman entrepreneur in western Herat province has provided work opportunities for 200 other women in the area of processing and packaging of dried fruits and saffron.

Two hundreds and eighty women and 40 men have completed skills and training course in northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday.