{"id":13162,"date":"2026-05-17T07:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/17\/akhtari-bazaar-exhibition-herat-women-entrepreneurs\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T07:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:12:09","slug":"akhtari-bazaar-exhibition-herat-women-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/17\/akhtari-bazaar-exhibition-herat-women-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Akhtari Bazaar\u2019 Exhibition Opens in Herat Showcasing Women&#8217;s Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ten-day &#8216;Akhtari Bazaar&#8217; exhibition, initiated by women entrepreneurs, has opened in Herat city, featuring nearly 200 companies presenting their products for display and sale. The exhibition showcases a variety of clothing, dried fruits, traditional sweets known as Sheerini Babo, and handicrafts for visitors to explore.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say this temporary market provides an opportunity to introduce domestic products and strengthen women&#8217;s economic activities. They add that creating such sales spaces can pave the way for business expansion and generate job opportunities for many other women.<\/p>\n<p>Some participants in the exhibition are women who resumed their production activities in Afghanistan after returning from Iran. Despite the existing challenges, they strive to reestablish their presence in the market relying on their personal abilities.<\/p>\n<p>While women entrepreneurs welcome the organization of such programs, many emphasize that for the sustainability and development of their economic activities, they need greater support, legal facilitation, and wider market access. This remains a serious concern amid the current restrictions imposed by the Taliban administration on women\u2019s work and activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Akhtari Bazaar&#8217; exhibition in Herat showcases products from nearly 200 women-led businesses, promoting Afghan women&#8217;s economic empowerment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}