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.
Over 225 women have been distributed work tools after the completion of their six months vocational training in northern Jawzjan province, an NGO official said on Tuesday.
PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The Information and Culture Department of northern Baghlan provinces says about 2,000 women are busy making handicrafts in factories at . . .
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A female school student has established a rug-weaving workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province and . . .
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Some shops at the all-women Khadijatul Kubra market in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, have been . . .
MEHTHARLAM (Pajhwok): Five small factories have been opened to provide job opportunities to 140 needy women in the capital and three districts of eastern Laghman
Some female carpet weavers in northeastern Badakhshan province have complained about the lack of support from relevant institutions and said they sent newly woven carpets to Kabul for further processing.
Some mothers in southwestern Nimroz province said they aborted female fetus after ultrasound in order to protect themselves from violence back at home.
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