Why it matters

Economic independence is the foundation of existential independence — the only way to survive without submission.

• Support women’s businesses: tailoring, handicrafts, hygiene products, digital services
• Establish “Arghawan shop” online for refugee and domestic women’s products
• Teach urban agriculture and resilient gardening
• Offer professional training scholarships (design, translation, software)
• Provide micro-loans with no interest for female heads of households

With one sewing machine and $150, I started the smallest tailoring workshop in my neighborhood.
Today, I employ 4 more women.
We are not just sewing clothes — we are sewing freedom, stitch by stitch.”

Frogh, entrepreneur, Mazar-e-Sharif

• 💰 €150: Start a small business for one woman
• 🛍️ Buy from our “Afghan Market” online
• 💼 Introduce us to women entrepreneur networks