Women for Women International–Afghanistan Newsletter, 2006

Read our Afghanistan chapter office’s first locally-produced newsletter - an exciting “from the field” report about our program. You can read compelling accounts of how Women for Women International has changed the lives of Afghan women like Pashtoon, who hopes to open a beauty parlor, and Sha, who is struggling to support her children in the aftermath of war. Thousands of women like Pashtoon and Sha have had the opportunity to access the job skills training, rights awareness education and income generation support they need to begin rebuilding their lives and communities, as have their counterparts participating in our programs in various other countries.

Creating Bright Futures for Women in Afghanistan, March 2006

Women for Women International opened its doors in Kabul in October 2002 to support women survivors of war in Afghanistan. Since starting as a fledgling office, the Afghanistan Chapter has flourished by offering participants one-to-one sponsorship, job skills training, rights awareness education and a micro-credit program.

"There is nothing more powerful than the spirit woman who has lost everything and then learned to reclaim it all," said Afghanistan Country Director Sweeta Noori. "There is nothing more stunning than a woman who truly knows what she is worth."

Through a one-to-one sponsorship between women in Afghanistan and women in 37 countries, Women for Women International offers a chance to build bridges of mutual support and understanding while simultaneously helping women whose lives have been torn apart by war and conflict. Approximately 8,500 Afghan women have participated in the sponsorship program, and 55,000 women survivors of war have participated world-wide.