From the ARZU STUDIO HOPE staff…
Today is Women’s Equality Day – commemorating the passing of the 19th Amendment in the United States as well as the continued efforts to bring full equality for women worldwide.
Tags: 19th Amendment afghan women Afghanistan ARZU STUDIO HOPE empowerment Huffington Post Katy Kelly Kofi Annan United Nations women Women's Equality Day women's rightsMemorial Day’s New York Times article entitled “Afghan Child Brides Escape Marriage, but Not Lashes” is a graphic reminder of what’s at stake for girls and women in Afghanistan today. This is 2010 and the laws of civil society are supposed to now govern this country.
Tags: abuse afghan brides afghan girls afghan women Afghanistan afghanistan women bride price child brides empowerment equality Feminist Majority forced marriage human rights International Labor Organization Kabul marriage New York Times social justice social responsibility Taliban United Nations women women's rights world citizensIf “earned income” is the roadmap to sustainability for non-profits, then, for innumerable international NGOs, identifying robust distribution channels for the goods they produce is the interstate highway to success. These are the direct routes that connect emerging market seller with developed market buyer. Developing these connections is the hardest part of the entrepreneurial journey.
Tags: Afghanistan AIDS ARZU STUDIO HOPE business social responsibility children distribution distribution expansion economy empowerment equality HIV-positive Honduras infants International NGOs markets Non-profit Siempre Sol Social Business Enterprise social change social entrepreneurship socially-conscious consumers Sustainability womenI like to read books about Afghanistan. The ones I’ve enjoyed most are the first-hand, contemporary accounts of this extraordinary land, rich in descriptive detail of stark beauty and complex tribal ethnicity.
My personal favorite is Rory Stewart’s The Places In Between, the astonishing account of his walking across Afghanistan, from Herat, near the Iranian border, to Kabul in the winter of 2002, just after the fall of the Taliban. I recommend listening to it on audio book, to hear Rory’s own reading of his account. Among his many achievements, Rory is the Founder of Turquoise Mountain Foundation (www.turquoisemountain.org), credited with renovating the only remaining British fort in Kabul and establishing the Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture which teaches talented Afghans ancient techniques in woodworking, calligraphy, ceramics and gem-cutting. A couple of years ago, TMF and ARZU STUDIO HOPE partnered on a joint catalog, with Rory’s art and our rugs shot on site at the Serena Hotel in Kabul.
Tags: afghan people afghan women Afghanistan afghanistan women Dirty Dozen gender-segregated society Greg Mortenson Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture Kabul Rory Stewart Schools into Stones Serena Hotel social investment The Places In Between Turquoise Mountain Foundation women
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