MAIMANA (SW) – An entrepreneur woman in Faryab has created a handicraft workshop at her own expense for 101 homeless girls and women in this province.
Azada Hashemi, the person in charge of “Soda” handicraft workshop in Maimna city, Faryab center, says that she created this workshop to support women. According to her, girls and women who are left out of education and work and are the only breadwinners of their families work in this workshop.
Azada Hashemi added: “Here, 20 people work in the leather embroidery department, 40 people in the beading department, 15 people in the leather embroidery department, 15 people in the sewing department, and eleven girls are trainees who learn sewing for free. My main goal is to create job opportunities for women and support them.”
She asked the caretaker government officials and businessmen to support them in order to advance women in the field of handicrafts.
At the same time, a number of women who are busy working in the handicraft workshop, expressed their satisfaction and say that their economic situation has improved by working in this workshop.
Narges Sadat, who has been working in the sewing department of the workshop for a year, said: “The conditions in Afghanistan are very bad in terms of education. I really get very frustrated sometimes because there is neither a university nor a course available. Our future is uncertain. I am very happy that they have made the opportunity for us to work here.”
Sadia, who has been working in the sewing department of this handicraft workshop for a year, said that with the income she earns, she covers the living expenses and education of her children. “I am the breadwinner of my family. I buy notebooks and pens for my children and use the earnings on living expenses.”
In this report, we wanted to have the opinion of the officials of the Faryab chamber of commerce and industry about the support programs of this chamber for women’s handicraft workshops, but with repeated attempts, we did not succeed.
After the banning of women from working and educational environments in the past two years, a number of women and girls in different provinces have tried to move forward by creating sewing workshops, handicrafts and restaurants.
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