Transcript: PROJECT ADVANCES WOMEN'S PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN

INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
12-02-2008
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2008 - More than two years of work
on the part of a cultural leader in Afghanistan's Panjshir province is
coming to fruition with the completion of a chicken coop. The project in
the province's Anaba district was one of the main topics when the Panjshir
Provincial Reconstruction Team's new women's affairs team met with Brishna
Yaftali, director of the Marwa Cultural Development Organization, to discuss
ways to improve the lives of Afghan women. When the Panjshir PRT provided
funding two months ago, Yaftali was able to take chicken coops to villages
in the district. She brought in female teachers to train ...

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