Masoma Alizada has become the first women entrepreneur in Afghanistan to open an apparel factory in the country. Besides, she also runs a store that sells long jackets and embroidered blouses -- for both women and men, produced in her factory.
Alizada, who is of Iranian origin, settled in the Bamiyan Province of Afghanistan six years ago. Now she is the proud owner of the the country’s first apparel factory in Bamiyan. She also owns a shop in a nearby market, which happens to be the first women’s market in Bamiyan province established by the governor of Bamyan in 2014, which comprise 25 shops run only by women.
“In order to create employment opportunities for women, I first started a women’s tailoring shop. Now I am happy with my work that has expanded remarkably,” Alizada says. Her apparel factory currently employs around
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