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AWCCI’s Celebration of Members of
Parliament for their success in the 17 th
round of Elections to the Parliament
AWCCI celebrated the success of
Members of Parliament to the 17th
round of parliament on July 11, 2019
at AWCCI’s main office. The gather-
ing took place in the presence of Dr.
Nilofar Ibrahimi, Member of Par-
liament from Badakhshan province;
Ms. Gulalai Muhammadi, Member
of Parliament from Uruzgan Prov-
ince; Ms. Rangeena Kargar, people’s
representatives from Faryab province;
Ms. Soraya Akbari, Member of Par-
liament from Paktika province; Ms.
Zohra Noorzai, Member of Parlia-
ment from Kabul province; Mr. Mayel
Khairkha, Chairman of the Interna-
tional Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
in Afghanistan; Ms. Afsana Rahimi,
Chairwoman of AWCCI Board of
Directors; Ms. Manizha Wafeq, the
President of AWCCI; 6 members
from AWCCI’s Board of Directors
and 12 Afghan businesswomen.
The program started with a welcome
note by Ms. Afsana Rahimi to the au-
dience. She emphasized on the unity
of women and added that integrity
is the only way to obtain the goals.
Subsequently, Ms. Manizha Wafeq
addressed the welcoming speech to
the MPs and businesswomen and
said that their presence in AWCCI is
an honor for AWCCI. She added that
AWCCI has delivered considerable
services in order to raise the quality
and capacity of women businesses in
period of two years and two months only. Ms. Wafeq mentioned
about the recent achievement of AWCCI in the 11th World
Chambers’ Competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and added that
women are not economic beneficiaries but economic activists.
After that, Ms. Nilofar Ibrahimi, talked on behalf of present
MPs. She said that, “AWCCI is an organization which till date
has had valuable assistance to the community of business people
and country’s economy and the existence of AWCCI’s leader-
ship is a privilege to us.”
Ms. Wafeq introduced the products and services of business-
women in different fields such as IT, Freight Forwarding and
Shipment, Sports, Medical, Beautification, Search and Place-
ment, Dry Fruits and Nuts, Saffron, Apparel, and Jewelry to the
MPs. At the end of the program, attendees had the opportunity
of networking and getting familiar with each other and the MPs.
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