By: Rukhshana Media
The exhibition, which was held in a makeshift market in front of the Bamyan buddhas, started Saturday, September 24, and is expected to continue for one more day.
Embroidery clothes and scarves, handmade purses and other handicrafts were displayed for sale.
This is the second such exhibition organized by female entrepreneurs in the province after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan over one year ago. But the women exhibiting their products said their sales numbers were bad on the first day of the exhibition.
Fatima Ahmadi, a 17-year-old saleswoman, said though her sales were not very good today, generally holding such exhibitions are important to introduce women’s handicrafts in the market.
She called on the Taliban’s government to allow such exhibitions to be held in other provinces, and do more to help female entrepreneurs.
A 29-year-old businesswoman, who spoke on the condition that we don’t use her name, said exhibitions are good, but they should be held in appropriate places for both customers and sellers
“Today’s exhibition has been held under scorching sun which harms our products,” she said. “This is also difficult and unbearable to ourselves. We have to spend all day under the scorching sun.”
A women’s market known as “Honar Bazaar,” which was built during the former government, is still open but the sales there have dropped significantly after the Taliban’s return to power.
