NAME: Rahela Kaveer COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: Afghan Women Empowerment Organization (AWEO) Rahela, 39 years old, owns AWEO, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of Afghan women. Rahela took on a big risk early in life when she left her home in Mazar to help distribute medical and educational materials to Bamyan, which was under strict
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NAME: Homa Kabiri COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: Kabiri & Partners Consulting Services (K&PC – business development) Homa, 21 years old, co-owns K&PC, a consulting firm in several provinces. After leaving Kabul shortly after she was born, Homa’s family moved to Mazar, the only city that had schools open to girls. Because the schools were full, Homa
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NAME: Sakina Ibrahimi COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: Namad (shoe manufacturing) Sakina, 34 years old, owns Namad, a wool shoe manufacturing company. Sakina’s shoes are made from all-natural materials, mostly wool and leather. She makes sure that her shoes are quality and durable. From start to finish, the shoe production involves 10 people in the process. Over
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NAME: Parinaz Hissami COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: MEDA (business development) Parinaz, 23 years old, works as a business development manager for MEDA, which works with 2,250 rural female farmers in Afghanistan. While the organization reaches over 2,000 women directly, it reaches 10,000 family members indirectly. In addition to providing farming activities, MEDA helps these women turn
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NAME: Mariam Alimi COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: Photography Mariam, 29 years old, owns a photography business in Kabul. Mariam is passionate about her photography business, because she feels the need for a female photojournalist to help tell the story of Afghanistan, especially Afghan women, is so great. After three decades of war, Mariam says women face
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NAME: Hamid Hangama COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: BARAN None Governmental Organization (obstetrics and gynecology health services) Hamid, 36 years old, owns BARAN None Governmental Organization, which provides training of health services for Afghan mothers and newborn children. The company’s goal is to improve the health services of Afghanistan through the private sector. Hamid wants to improve
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NAME: Taiba Ghafoori COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: QAFILA (handicrafts) Taiba, 23 years old, runs QAFILA, a handicraft business that specializes in clothes, scarves, curtains, cushions, sheets, purses and more. Taiba is a member of the Afghanistan Women Business Federation, and in addition to running her business for the past six years, she currently works for the
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NAME: Masouma Abdollahi COUNTRY: Afghanistan BUSINESS: ASAP Development of Afghans Family Organization (business training) Masouma, 26 years old, has just recently started up her business, which is aimed at empowering Afghan women in order to make a positive impact on Afghan society. She wants to help women believe in themselves again, and make them apart
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