Kabul's First All-Women Market Opened by Women Entrepreneurs

By: WE Staff | Friday, 15 July 2022

A number of female business owners in Kabul who have resumed their operations claim that with the help of the private sector, they have established a women's market in the city.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), according to women business owners, has also committed to work with them to expand their enterprises in Shahr-e-Naw, Kabul's 10th district.

Women work in this market doing a variety of tasks, including sewing and embroidery.

These female business owners claim that they are working to develop their economic operations and give women jobs, and they also claim that the government has not yet caused them any problems.

“We see that women can work properly; they can use their ideas and they can do it better,” said Marhaba Mohammadi, an entrepreneur.

“Now, it’s good because we started our work, and we are motivated that a business has begun its activities for women,” said Sahaba, another entrepreneur.

One woman working in the market, Nafisa Danish, claimed that the Islamic Emirate's leadership had assured them that they would work closely with them to grow their enterprise.

Economic experts claim that women play an important part in the nation's economic expansion and that even modest firms can lower the unemployment rate.