Vocational training of Afghan women, 2015-2016

Development project "Through vocational training to economically and socially successful Afghan women", 2015-2016

 

Institute Circle, in cooperation with the local partner organization HELP, implemented a project in Herat, Afghanistan, the aim of which was the economic and social empowerment of local women through vocational training and education in the field of entrepreneurship, marketing and promotion, as well as consulting on in the field of finding employment or establishing one's own or group small business or cooperative.

 

Within the framework of the local organization and in cooperation with Institute Circle and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Slovenia (MFA), there is also an employment center that establishes contact with local employers and training participants and helps them offer their products or services on the market.

 

More than 13 years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the potential of women for social and economic development in Afghanistan still remains untapped. Although the importance and necessity of the development of women's social and human capital is written in all important documents for the development of Afghanistan, Afghan women remain in a worse socio-economic position compared to both Afghan men and women in the world.

 

The project was financed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia within international development cooperation. The opinion and content of the project do not represent the official position of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.

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Project duration: January 2015 - September 2016

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Project partners: Zavod Krog (Slovenia) and Help - Hilfe Fuer Selbsthilfe (Germany/Afghanistan)

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The project is funded by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia within the framework of international development cooperation.