:Manizha Wafeq
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Manizha Wafeq is an Afghan entrepreneur and campaigner for women's rights.
Career
With a degree in Economics, she has been working since 2002 with development projects for women's empowerment and gender equality. She has co-authored a Gender and the Legal Framework of Afghanistan training manual and training manual for Start-up Businesses. She has trained more than 500 government staff in Kabul and provinces on Gender Mainstreaming. She has worked 10 years with the Program "Peace Through Business"{{Cite web|url=http://ptbn.org.af/|title=Peace Through Business Network's Profile Photo Peace Through Business Network|website=ptbn.org.af|access-date=2016-12-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220075503/http://ptbn.org.af/|archive-date=2016-12-20}}” a program of the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW){{Cite web|url=http://ieew.org/|title=the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women - Empowering Women All Around the World - Economically {{!}} Socially {{!}} Politically|website=ieew.org|access-date=2016-12-08}} 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 Kabul.{{Cite news|url=http://blog.mlive.com/bctimes/2008/08/afghan_women_business_owners_l.html|title=Afghan women business owners learn economic smarts in Midland while teaching truths about their culture|last=Payne|first=Amy L.|date=1 August 2008|work=M Live|access-date=10 December 2016}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usaid.gov/results-data/success-stories/taking-business-fashion|title=Afghan Sisters Take to the Business of Fashion|website=USAID|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092817/https://www.usaid.gov/results-data/success-stories/taking-business-fashion|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}} 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 (AWN){{Cite web|url=http://www.kardan.edu.af/FortyUnderForty/Manizha-Wafeq|title=Kardan University|website=www.kardan.edu.af|access-date=2016-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224095634/http://www.kardan.edu.af/FortyUnderForty/Manizha-Wafeq|archive-date=2016-12-24|url-status=dead}} for two years and be one of the founders for Leading Entrepreneurs for Afghanistan Development (LEAD){{Cite web|url=http://lead.org.af/|title=LEAD|website=lead.org.af|access-date=2016-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014113615/http://www.lead.org.af/|archive-date=2016-10-14|url-status=dead}} to do advocacy for women's economic rights and role in Afghanistan.
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