KABUL: A group of Afghan women entrepreneurs has set up a local market exclusively for women in Faizabad city of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. According to media reports, the group said that the aim of the step is to improve the economic well-being of needy families in the region.
Shuhra Tamana, a female entrepreneur told the local media in Afghanistan that over three million Afghanis were invested to establish this market to provide employment opportunities for more than 50 women.
Women Entrepreneurs Establish Exclusive Market in Afghanistan
Sakina Hamdard, another entrepreneur said that the initiative would provide job opportunities to women in Afghanistan. Several women visited the exclusive market and asked the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to provide job opportunities for women and girls in the province.
A female visitor said, “She feels quite comfortable because all the employees are women in the market.”
Meanwhile, Commerce and Industry officials said they were supporting the business activities of women of Badakhshan province.
The chief of the Commerce and Industry Department of Badakhshan lauded the women entrepreneurs in the province.
