Meet the women entrepreneurs of Herat

In Herat, Western Afghanistan, women entrepreneurs participated in the women-only market days, funded by the European Union and implemented through UNDP’s flagship programme, ABADEI. These are their stories.

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UNDP & UNHCR supporting areas of return in Afghanistan

The two partner agencies’ work in the PARR areas is focused on delivering basic services to enhance the absorption capacity of communities while also facilitating...

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A Tale of Two Women

ABADEI is UNDP’s flagship development programme for Afghanistan. As one component of the programme, small and medium-sized businesses led by women are supported w...

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Meet the women entrepreneurs of Herat

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Stairway to the Skies

The young Afghan woman was Sakina, a 27-year-old living in a village in the Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province. Her husband had left because Afghanistan’s eco...

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The Water Carrier

Afghanistan is struggling with a serious economic crisis, and Karukh is one of the most underdeveloped areas in the region with extremely high rates of poverty. T...

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United Nations Development Prorgamme (UNDP) and the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)

NGOs and CSOs Capacity Support Project in Afghanistan

The NGOs and CSOs will be selected based on their operational and programmatic capacity and aspirations for quick outreach, engagement, and design of interventions to enhance access to essential services and support to jobs and livelihoods for vulnerable communities and marginalized population groups in Afghanistan, including persons with disabilities.

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ABADEI Programme

The substantial projects of UNDP Afghanistan, spanning a broad spectrum of cash for work, unconditional cash transfer, rehabilitation of infrastructure, supporting women enterprise and the private sector, agriculture, water, health, education, energy, and social cohesion, is under the giant umbrella of ABADEI. This UNDP crisis response initiative for Afghanistan aims to provide the most vulnerable Afghans with the means to survive and contribute to their community.  <read more>

Abdallah Al Dardari, Resident Representative, UNDP Afghanistan.

UNDP has more than 50 years of experience in economic revival and supporting fragile livelihoods

Publications

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United Nations Transitional Engagement Framework (TEF) for Afghanistan

The August 2021 power shift in Afghanistan has created the need for a transitional strategy for the United Nations (UN) to address the deepening political and social-economic instability.

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Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan 2022
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Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan 2022

We go into 2022 with unprecedented levels of need amongst ordinary women, men and children of Afghanistan. 24.4 million people are in humanitarian need – more than half the population.

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Afghanistan: Humanitarian Needs Overview (2022)
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Afghanistan: Humanitarian Needs Overview (2022)

Following 40 years of war and an already dire situation of increasing hunger, economic decline, price rises in food and other essential needs, and rising poverty over the past several years, over 2021 the people of Afghanistan faced intensified conflict, the withdrawal of international forces and then the takeover of the country by the Taliban in August.

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UNDP in Afghanistan

#StayAndDeliver

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UNDP Afghanistan Jobs

UNDP, as a matter of practice, does not charge any application, processing or training fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

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Procurement notices

UNDP procures goods and services by soliciting bids through a competitive process.

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About Afghanistan

40.8

Total population in millions

41 %

Population aged 0 - 14

35 %

Population aged 10 - 24

57 %

Population aged 15 - 64

0.511

HD Index

169

HDI rank