The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says 40 women in Bamyan province are learning leather bag-making and embroidery to develop vocational skills and improve their livelihoods.
The organization said in a post on X on Thursday, October 29, that the program is being implemented with the support of the European Union.
According to UNHCR, participants are learning skills that could help them find employment and generate income.
Women who have returned to Afghanistan are also taking part in the program. They hope to use their newly acquired skills to establish their own businesses and help meet their families’ needs.
The program comes as women and girls in Afghanistan have faced restrictions on their rights to education and employment over the past five years under Taliban rule.
