GENDER EQUALITY PROJECT - UNDP Afghanistan
GENDER EQUALITY PROJECT - UNDP Afghanistan
GENDER EQUALITY PROJECT - UNDP Afghanistan
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them the opportunity to send their children to school. More importantly, economically<br />
empowered women have been positively as an important contributor to the home by their family<br />
members.<br />
In Nangarhar and Bamyan, a training programme on the production of vegetables through the use<br />
of greenhouses was conducted for 30 women. This<br />
training has equipped the women with the skills to<br />
produce vegetables throughout the year which can<br />
increase their income and also ensure food and<br />
nutritional year around including the harsh winters.<br />
Figure 5: A woman benefiting from the green house<br />
training in Nangarhar province. Credit: <strong>UNDP</strong><br />
In addition, a Letter of Intent was signed between<br />
<strong>UNDP</strong> and the Organization of Security and<br />
Economic Cooperation in Vienna. The objective is<br />
to train fifteen selected women entrepreneurs on<br />
the basis of a specific criteria and give them<br />
technical support over a year to improve their<br />
marketing and IT skills to access markets, within <strong>Afghanistan</strong> and abroad. The women<br />
entrepreneurs have been selected and preparations are underway for their training in Turkey in<br />
September.<br />
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