Manizha Wafeq is an

Afghan Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

and

campaigner A civil society campaign is one that is intended to mobilize public support and use democratic tools such as lobbying in order to instigate social change. Civil society campaigns can seek local, national or international objectives. They can be r ...

for

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

Career

With a degree in

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

, she has been working since 2002 with development projects for women's empowerment and

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

. She has co-authored a Gender and the Legal Framework of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

training manual and training manual for Start-up Businesses. She has trained more than 500 government staff in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

and provinces on Gender Mainstreaming. She has worked 10 years with the Program "Peace Through Business"” a program of the

Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organisation which, through its Peace Through Business program in Afghanistan and Rwanda, works to Women's empowerment, empower women "to ...

(IEEW) and has trained more than 250 business women from Kabul and provinces. Wafeq worked as one of four women partners in a consulting firm in 2008 in

. Later, Wafeq and her sister, Sania Wafeq established a clothing production company in 2012 called “Wonderland Women” which sells both ready-made and custom clothing. Though she has a busy schedule, her commitment for women's empowerment and gender equality encouraged her to serve as an executive board member for

Afghan Women's Network The Afghan Women's Network (AWN) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which was created in 1996 by Afghan women following the World Conference on Women in Beijing and works to "empower women and ensure their equal participation in Afghan socie ...

(AWN) for two years and be one of the founders for Leading Entrepreneurs for Afghanistan Development (LEAD) to do advocacy for women's economic rights and role in Afghanistan.

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