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The situation of business women and working women in Ghazni

Women have always faced problems in the field of work and economic activities. In a traditional society like Afghanistan, despite many efforts to enter large economic fields, they are usually limited in sewing, embroidery and other manual activities. In this report, you will read about the situation of professional women in Ghazni province who continue to work and economic activities despite the challenges.

A number of businesswomen and entrepreneurs in Ghazni province say that the recent political developments have affected their work and business activities and in some cases, their work centers have been blocked.

Working women also say that they have been denied access to work opportunities, while many of these women are the sole breadwinners of their families, and they tell Khame Press that no attention has been paid by the Islamic Emirate to improve this situation.

Nilab Nadim, one of the women entrepreneurs in Ghazni Province, told Khame Press that before the Islamic Emirate came to power, she managed a women's hairdressing salon and made a living in this way, but after the banning of hairdressing salons, she faced severe economic problems. has encountered

Nilab told Khame Press: "Together with some of my colleagues, we created a women's makeup salon in 2018 with an initial cost of 20,000 Afghanis. All those who visited were satisfied with our work. "We continued our work in person without any problems."

According to him, after the recent developments, many of his colleagues have left Afghanistan and transferred their capital abroad.

Nilab now buys and sells Arish ingredients online, but the amount of income is very low and he is not able to meet the needs of his family.

Observers believe that the ban on women's work and the imposition of restrictions on women and girls have caused an irreparable blow to the Afghan economy.

 

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