(25 Jul 2024)
AFGHANISTAN WOMEN FACTORY
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Badghis, Afghanistan – 14 July 2024
1. Various of pickle factory workers putting pickles inside jars
2. Various of workers
3. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mahnaz Mohammadi, Khorshid Pickle factory worker: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"I want women to get support. There should be work opportunities for women to enable them to help their families financially. If the women get support, there will be very good development in Afghanistan."
4. Various of workers putting pickles inside jars
5. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Nilofar Ahmadi, Khorshid Pickle manufacturing factory worker: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"I graduated from school, but the universities closed and I wasn’t able to continue my education. I found a job here and I work at the women’s factory now."
6. Various of workers weighing pickle jars
7. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Morsal Rahimi, Khorshid Pickle manufacturing factory worker: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"First of all, the poverty and scarcity that my family (experienced) have forced me to work. Because of the unstable economic conditions, I had to start working at a women’s production workshop."
8. Various of workers weighing pickle jars
9. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Amena Akbari, Khorshid manufacturing factory worker: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"I was unemployed at home. I tried to find a job, but couldn’t find any. When this manufacturing factory opened, I started working here."
10. Various of pickle and jam jars
STORYLINE:
A pickle plant in Afghanistan has created jobs for around 40 women, who had careers and other aspirations before the Taliban came to power in 2021 and placed a flurry of restrictions on girls and women.
The factory was established by the women who were mostly students and teachers before they had to turn to working at the pickle factory.
Among the women who work at Khorshid Pickle factory is Mahnaz Mohammadi, a mother of two who worked as a teacher and is the sole breadwinner in her family.
The workers at the plant make 3,000 afghanis (around $42) a month, hardly enough to sustain a family.
"I want women to get support. There should be work opportunities for women to enable them to help their families financially," Mohammadi said.
The Taliban have used their interpretation of Islamic law to bar girls from education beyond age 11, ban women from public spaces, exclude them from many jobs, and enforce dress codes and male guardianship requirements.
Half of Afghanistan’s population has found itself locked out of the freedom to work at a time when the country’s economy is worse than ever.
Women around the country are trying not to lose hope, establishing small businesses and looking for work in the few jobs that are still available to women..
"I graduated from school, but the universities closed and I wasn’t able to continue my education. I found a job here," said 21-year-old Nilofar Ahmadi, who also works at the pickle factory.
The challenges for Afghan women of obeying Taliban edicts while helping to support their families as living conditions worsen can be a strain.
Former university student Morsal Rahimi had to get a job at the pickle factory to support her family because her husband is unemployed.
The 23-year-old mother of three said poverty pushed her to take this job, adding that woman’s participation in society can help develop the country.
Women’s participation in the workforce was down to 4.8% in 2023, according to World Bank data.
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