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Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Second Board of
Directors Election at Center and Kabul
Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (AWCCI) started its activities taking ap-
proval from High Economic Council of Afghani-
stan chaired by H.E. President Mohammad Ashraf
Ghani in 2017. The first election of Board of Direc-
tors in Center and Kabul held on October 02, 2017
and 11 successful businesswomen were elected by
Businesswomen members of AWCCI through a
general assembly and transparent elections.
AWCCI held its second Board of Directors Elec-
tion on August 8, 2019 at Government Media and
Information Center in the presence of Minister of
Economy H. E. Mustafa Mastoor, Member of Par-
liament Ms. Shinkai Karokhail, Deputy Minister of
Industry and Commerce Mr. Ajmal Abdulrahimzai,
Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Ms.
Muqadasa Yurish, Advisor to H. E. First Lady of
the country Ms. Zohra Yousuf ,Deputy Minister of
and she provided reviewed the agenda of the pro-
gram.
Subsequently, H.E. Mustafa Mastoor continued
the program with his speech about holding AWC-
CI’s second Board of Directors Election and its
activities. He congratulated AWCCI for its sec-
ond election and said that the board of Directors
success beside executive board is a considerable
achievement.
Mr. Mastoor added that he wishes that transparent
election and implementing democracy of AWCCI
become an example for other chambers and they
follow the same process.
Mr. Ajmal Rahimzai representing Ministry of In-
dustry and Commerce (MOIC) congratulated
AWCCI and expressed their well wishes. He said,
“MOIC puts women economic participation in
their priorities and they will continue their consist-
ent cooperation with AWCCI”.
Moreover, Ms. Shinkai Karokhail, current Mem-
ber of Parliament besides expressing her wishes for
AWCCI success added, “If women invest in the
country, surly they will spend most of it for public
welfare”. She emphasizing on women power and
abilities stated that women by becoming economic
Women’s Affairs Ms. Spozhmai Wardak, AWCCI self-reliance will resist violence against them.
former Board of Directors and Advisory Board and
approximately 200 businesswomen from Kabul and Furthermore, Ms. Spozhmai Wardak also congrat-
Provinces.
ulated AWCCI for their success and said that Min-
istry of Women Affairs have had their cooperation
At first, the program begun with recitation of holy
Quran by Ms. Maryam Jami Ul Ahmadi, Chair of
AWCCI at West Zone. Afterwards, Ms. Afsana
Rahimi, Chair of AWCCI begun with welcome
note to all dignitaries and guests in the program
with AWCCI and they will keep it up in the future.
“We don’t want women to come out of their home,
gardens and Villages to work, rather we want to
provide opportunities for them to work and have an
outcome wherever they are”.
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