The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has announced that it created over 2,000 job opportunities in Afghanistan from January 2024 to September of this year.
The organization also said on X: “We support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with capital, equipment, and training to increase employment for displaced people, returnees, youth, and women.”
“In Afghanistan, small projects should be implemented in various sectors so that our brothers and sisters who are at home or unemployed can undertake small tasks to advance their work,” said Shams-Ur-Rahman Ahmadzai, an economic analyst.
Meanwhile, some women entrepreneurs have told TOLOnews that to improve family economic stability, it is essential to support women entrepreneurs in various fields.
Mumtaz Yousafzai, a businesswoman, told a TOLOnews reporter, “We need women to make progress, and the institutions and donors who have come to Afghanistan must support and assist women and cooperate with the people in this regard.”
Additionally, the Ministry of Economy said that to boost economic growth and reduce unemployment in the long term, aid organizations should focus on projects that can create more job opportunities.