Women's Economic Empowerment Rural Development Project
Afghanistan's Women Self-Help Groups on the COVID-19 Front Lines
In Qale Ahmad Khan village in Kabul, a women's self-help group contributes to the fight against COVID-19 by fighting misinformation and training villagers on how to prevent the coronavirus. More than 700 such self-help groups in Kabul are responding to the pandemic through the World Bank and ARTF Women’s Economic and Rural Development Project (WEE-RDP).
Date: June 2, 2021Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Afghan Women Turn Entrepreneurs Thanks to Local Savings Association
Poor women in a Bamyan city neighborhood are supporting themselves and contributing to their household incomes by setting up micro-businesses.
Date: November 24, 2020Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Awareness Campaigns Help Prevent Against COVID-19 in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has redeployed two leading development programs to promote health recommendations to fight COVID-19 in thousands of rural and urban communities.
Date: June 28, 2020Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Community Savings and Loans Transform Rural Lives in Eastern Afghanistan
As a result of AREDP services, thousands of villagers in the district, like Saleh, were able to start micro businesses from loans made possible by the saving groups and VSLAs.
Date: February 27, 2019Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
Building Resilient Communities in South Asia: Women Take the Lead
The South Asia Region is home to many successful initiatives to empower rural women.
Date: January 30, 2019Type: Feature StoryLanguage: English
World Bank Supports Education and Rural Women in Afghanistan
The new package of $403 million grant will finance improvements in primary, secondary and higher education as well as advancing the economic and social standing of rural women.
Date: October 23, 2018Type: Press ReleaseLanguage: English
Afghanistan: Women's Economic Empowerment Rural Development Project
Women's Economic Empowerment Rural Development Project (WEE-RDP) aims to increase social and economic empowerment of poor rural women in selected communities.
Date: September 28, 2018Type: Loans & CreditsLanguage: English
Women villagers help fight COVID-19 in Kabul
In Qale Ahmad Khan village in Kabul, a women’s self-help group contributes to the fight against COVID-19 by fighting misinformation and training villagers on how to prevent the coronavirus. More than 700 such self-help groups in Kabul are responding to the pandemic through the World Bank and ARTF Women’s Economic and Rural Development Project (WEE-RDP).
Date: June 2, 2021Type: VideoLanguage: English
Afghan Women Set Up Micro Businesses to Support Their Families
Many Afghan women like Nargis Afshar in Bamyan province of Afghanistan who used to face poverty and face difficult living conditions are now able to make a living from their macro businesses.
Date: November 24, 2020Type: VideoLanguage: English