My friend Noorjahan who is an amazing feminist activist from Afghanistan shared this with me. I am donating and hope some of SSH’s readers can too… let’s help Afghan women have a safe place to shop (the store will sell underwear, among other items, and currently women’s only option is to buy those items at stores with all male employees) and a source of income!
“Recently, two Afghan women opened a store called Herat Design to provide a few women with jobs and create a safe space for women to shop in Kabul. The store is run and owned by women and a part of its profit goes to a local orphanage in Herat. Economic empowerment of women is essential for gender equality and progress in Afghanistan so they made this GoFundMe campaign to help them keep the store open and provide more women with jobs! Please consider making a small donation.
Here is a break down of how the money will be spent.
GoFundMe fee: Around $200
12-month salary for a female shopkeeper: $1800
6-month rent and some marketing for the store: $1,000
Click to Donate: http://www.gofundme.com/HeratDesign”
