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Afghan PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS(R) cohort being taught in Badakhshan in December 2019 by In-Country Facilitator, Manizha Wafeq. The number of Afghan women who own and run businesses grew from zero in 2002 to around 57,000 in 2020, including both licensed and unlicensed...
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15th Anniversary Awards On July 15, 2021, the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women celebrated 15 years by recognizing individuals who have made a significant contribution or impact. Honorees were recognized at an event hosted by HoganTaylor LLC Oklahoma City,...
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Manizha Wafeq returned to Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2002 when her parents were called back from exile in Pakistan. When you have gone so long with so little and find it difficult to do simple functions on a day-to-day basis, selfishness and greed can easily set in....
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Father and daughters: John Wycliffe Kwikiriza with Sandra Blessing Kwikiriza and Anais Wibabara In the USA, the proportion of dual earner married couples more than doubled between 1960 and 2000, increasing from 25% to 60% (Pew Research Center, 2015). Since 2000, over...
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Mothers everywhere struggle with the age-old question regarding the balance of work and kids. More recently, mothers have been speaking truth to the theory of having it all. Women’s determination to be all and do all in the juggling act of balancing life often results...
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Every country has a reason to celebrate mothers. In Afghanistan, the official Mother’s Day is June 16. In 2016, Tolo news ran a piece that led with a statement from the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah. He said, “Women are the real...
