Aug 16, 2022
34 news; Officials at the Rabia Balkhi market, especially for women in Mazar-i-Sharif city, say that in this market, in addition to creating job opportunities, it has also provided technical and vocational training for a number of women.
Abeda, the manager of this market, says that nearly three hundred women and girls have been provided technical and professional trainings in five sewing workshops.
According to him, in the past few months, girls and women have been given the opportunity to learn sewing, carpet weaving, pill embroidery and some other skills in this market.
Abeda, the manager of Rabia Balkhi Market, told the media that there are 4 sewing workshops and one embroidery and carpet weaving workshop in this market, and each of these workshops employs 50 to 100 people.
This is despite the fact that, according to the reports of the international organizations, nearly 900,000 jobs have been lost in Afghanistan since last year, and millions of Afghans are in need of humanitarian aid.