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Highlights of AWCCI news
Women for Women
Peer Exchange and
Learning Work-
shop (W-PEXL)
The workshops began with the recitation of the
Holy Quran. Ms. Shakiba Shakib, Chair of AWC-
CI-North continued the sessions with AWCCI
introduction.
In the first W-PEXL session, Ms. Manizha Wa-
feq, the President and Co-Founder of the AWCCI
talked about the achievements of women in busi-
fghanistan Women’s Chamber of Com-
ness sector in last 10 years and she said one of the
merce and Industry AWCCI– North
main goals of AWCCI is to create networking op-
held workshops on Women for Women
portunities for women to exchange the ideas and
Peer Exchange and Learning (W-PEXL) in three
start joint ventures for economic progress by work-
provinces. First workshop held in Mazar-e-sharif
ing together.
on Thursday July 04, 2019, second workshop held
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in Badakhshan on July 31, 2019 and the third one
in Takhar on August 26, 2019. In these workshops,
in total more than 160 women including entrepre-
neurs and businesswomen with formal and infor-
mal businesses participated. The W-PEXL was a
good initiative by bringing women entrepreneurs,
women startups and potential entrepreneurs to-
gether for knowledge and experience sharing and
to help women in solving business challenges.
In this e day workshop, which was held in the pres-
ence of many dignitaries from government, private
and international organizations who were invited
by AWCCI. Participants visited samples of busi-
nesswomen’s products of Balkh, Badakhshan and
Takhar provinces that were organized by AWC-
CI-North Zone manager and board.
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