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Afghan Woman's Boutique Brightens Bamiyan
Rahima Alavi is the only woman from a UN-backed training of 25 selected women to open an embroidery business amid Taliban restrictions on female employment.
- This year, Rahima Alavi opened a women's embroidery boutique in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan, showcasing dresses and scarves despite restrictions on women's employment.
- With Taliban restrictions in place, the Alavi family returned in 2024 from Iran, where men and women could find jobs, but local employment was limited for returnees.
- Under teacher Rayhana Darabi, Alavi trained with 25 other women for a UNHCR-backed embroidery course and received a sewing machine, fabric, and cash for a solar panel.
- The embroidery boutique provides household income, while the UN refugee agency said it needs $216 million this year and is only eight percent funded, and the training programme was discontinued, causing the embroidery teacher to lose her job.
- With more than five million returnees since 2023, only one percent of returnee women from Iran and Pakistan have full-time jobs, while two percent run businesses, according to IOM findings.
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Afghan woman’s boutique brightens Bamiyan
With women banned from most jobs in Afghanistan, an embroidery boutique run by 22-year-old Rahima Alavi is a surprising and treasured sight in Bamiyan. "Spring flowers, tailoring and embroidery," reads a sign outside Alavi's small store, which opened in January after a months-long search for work. "I really feel proud because I can support my
Chassed Iran with his family, deprived of the future in Afghanistan where women are increasingly excluded from the world of work, Rahima, 22, has regained a form of freedom in Bamiyan. Thanks to a training in embroidery, this young Afghan has opened her own shop and made handicrafts an act of silent resistance.
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