Support for Afghan women of today and tomorrow
Number of beneficiaries: About fifteen women and about fifty children
Project duration: 2 years
Place : Afghanistan
Context
This project takes place within a context where the rights of Afghan women are being eroded daily. They are forbidden from working, no longer have the right to speak together in public, are not allowed to sing even at home, and are completely under the control of the male members of their families, a system based on extreme patriarchy. Women cannot even travel alone without a man.
Finally, to limit “the debauchery”, the Taliban in power have begun to cut off internet connections in certain provinces.
According to OCHA’s 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan, 22.9 million Afghans are in need of assistance. Hunger remains widespread: 14.8 million people, more than a third of the population, face acute food insecurity. 7.8 million children under five and women require nutritional assistance, including 3.5 million suffering from acute malnutrition. The 2025 plan estimates that 14.2 million girls and women require protection from gender-based violence. Kabul has the highest concentration of people needing assistance.
The Humanitarian Response Plan is significantly underfunded due to the suspension of US aid, which represented 45% of contributions. Following this suspension, 68% of organizations participating in the humanitarian response have reduced their operations and capacities (Source: OCHA, May 19, 2025).
Mission and Activities
Our local partner currently employs around fifteen women seamstresses to make traditional fabric accessories and clothing. These seamstresses are all equipped with donated manual and electric sewing machines.
The seamstresses also work as cooks to fill periods of low activity. They have been trained, they cook and deliver meals to various companies in Kabul.
The money generated by all these activities is paid as wages to the women, and also benefits the development of the project, the medical expenses of the children and the seamstresses, and the education of the children (purchase of uniforms for school, school supplies, etc.).
Finally, the seamstresses are also taking online English courses.
The small production company is also conceived as a meeting place and forum for the seamstresses, who find mutual support and increased self-confidence there. Everyone’s safety depends on the strong commitment of the women and their families.
General objectives
-To promote the professional empowerment and resocialization of Afghan women
-Improve food security and the response to the basic needs of women and their children (health, education) by creating income for women
Specific objective
Empowering and strengthening the means of production for women in the pilot company
Expected results
-Provision of a space to house the production workshop, allowing women to work together and recruit other collaborators.
-Equipment and organization of the production workshop with the aim of ensuring its autonomy and the efficiency of the women’s work, and promoting teamwork and exchange.
-To raise awareness of this project initiative in Europe in order to strengthen partnerships around the project.
Beneficiaries
About fifteen women and about fifty children