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.
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A businesswoman in western Herat province has established a well-equipped tailoring workshop and has employed 40 poor women. Dresses of women, children,
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the launch of three new programmes for Afghan women to increase their skills, training and job opportunities.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The US Department of State will hold a meeting with Boston University under the title “University Network for Afghan Women” next week, the
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A woman in northern Jawzjan province has employed 170 widows and needy women in her wool spinning and handicraft workshops. The workers are
KABUL (Pajhwok): US Special Envoy Rina Amiri has held a meeting with Deputy UN Secretary General Amina Mohammed and discussed support to Afghan women and human rights situation in Afghanistan.
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Women who sell handicrafts complain about the lack of a suitable place for their business in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province.
AIBAK (Pajhwok): Businesswoman Fatima Sherzad has expressed her concern about the future of her business due to the low-sale of products she produces and asked relevant government authorities to support businesswomen.
KABUL (Pajhwok): On the International Day of Education, some girls have asked the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government to reopen girls’ school and universities.
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The only woman saffron exporter in western Herat province says the government should support and facilitate their participation in international exhibitions. She
Some women with obstetric fistula have said that after suffering falling victim to the disease, they faced different types of violence from their husbands which caused them serious psychological and social defects.
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