Amid Ongoing Challenges, Peace Through Business Trains 30 More Afghan Women Entrepreneurs in 2024
Despite the extremely challenging situation for women in Afghanistan, Peace Through Business, in its 18th year (2024), trained 30 more Afghan women entrepreneurs from various provinces Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we have pivoted our in-country training and...
The Economic Impact of “Gender Apartheid” in Afghanistan
This white paper analyzes how extreme gender inequality in Afghanistan—what many women’s rights leaders around the world are referring to as “gender apartheid”—affects the broader society economically. It considers factors such as Afghan women’s severe exclusion from...
IEEW Merges With EWF to Grow the Peace Through Business Program
After nearly 18 years as a leading nonprofit educating and empowering women around the world, the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW) has merged with the Enterprising Women Foundation (EWF) to continue the growth and expansion of the Peace Through...
