Tag Archives: Afghan women
80% of Afghan women have access to mobile phones
Some 80 percent of Afghan women have regular or occasional access to mobile phones, according to a survey conducted in late 2012. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and based on the research methodology of GSM Association’s...
ISAF’s assistance to Afghan women in Baghlan
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) distributed school and sports supplies to the women in Bagh-e-Zanana in Pul-e-Khumri city of Baghlan.
The supplies included books, sports clothing and volleyballs.
The ceremony was attended...
Afghan women’s handicraft business goes bankrupt in Badakhshan
Dozens of Afghan women’s handicraft businesses have gone bankrupt in Badakhshan due to lack of a market for their products.
Badakhshan’s women activists have warned that many businesswomen will lose their jobs if the government does not...
Afghan female filmmaker shortlisted for ‘world’s best job’
(Times of India)- Moska Najib does not fit in with any stereotype of an Afghan woman. The 29-year-old documentary filmmaker is among the top 25 shortlisted for one of the six ‘best jobs in the world’ — lifestyle photographer in...
Women’s Training Centre inaugurated in Balkh Province
On Friday, 1st May 2013, a Women’s Training Centre was inaugurated in Balkh District of Balkh province. The acting director of the Provincial Department of Women’s Affairs, Mrs Rabia Moradi, the District Governor of Balkh, Mr Temor Shah...
Chinese burqas are outselling Afghan made burqas
The burqa business goes bust in Afghanistan, as the Chinese burqas have flooded Afghan markets.
Chinese burqas come pre-embroidered, leaving only the cap and veil in the hands of Afghan seamstresses.
This is a much simpler and cheaper process...
Afghan businesswoman signs agreements with 11 international companies on fruit exports
Afghanistan businesswoman, Kamila Seddiqi, signed 11 agreements with international companies on exports of fruits from Afghanistan.
This followed after her participation at a business fair in Dubai, where 30 Afghans, including six women, were...
Afghan Women Judges Encourage Female Students to Join Their Ranks
Afghan women face frequent discrimination, and under Afghan culture, it is more acceptable for women to express their grievances to female, rather than male, judges. Yet only around ten percent of the Afghan judiciary is female. More women judges...
Bamyan women participate in tree planting campaign
More than 200 Afghan women in Bamyan participated in a tree planting campaign launched by the Executives of Democratic Party.
The campaign’s slogan was “A green land keeps the sky blue”. The female participants were wearing a blue scarf...
Afghan Women’s Beekeeping Farm Awarded Microgrant
Zainul Arab Miri’s Women’s Beekeeping Farm became the recipient of a microgrant awarded by Shukrya Wali, Ghazni Provencial Director of Women’s Affairs in Omari district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 27.
The microgrant, a small non-repayable...
