Afghani women in Italy for training

A wide programme financed by the Italian Foreign Ministry Technical Cooperation for Afghani women has brought positive results in vocational small business development.

Between 2003 and 2005, the Training Centre of the ILO in Turin conducted various sessions on vocational training and small business development for Afghani women. Classes were held partly in Turin (with study visits to Italy’s most renowned centres of artisanal know-how) and partly in Afghanistan. The project went even further, as one of the participants, Latifa Abbassi, went back to Kabul intending to train other women in her country on entrepreneurship. So far, more than 1 000 Afghani women have acquired entrepreneurial skills and basic training sessions are still being provided in Afghanistan.

This project also had a fundamental role in promoting gender opportunities in a country, where women had previously to face serious challenges for their social integration.