Feature: Afghan female tackles patriarchal customs to run spaghetti factory

Source: Xinhua| 2018-04-30 17:47:36|Editor: Shi Yinglun
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AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-SPAGHETTI FACTORY

An Afghan woman works at a spaghetti factory in Dihdadi district of Balkh province, Afghanistan, April 21, 2018. In militancy-plagued and patriarchal Afghanistan, women rarely dare to establish their own businesses and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Ruqia Hakimi, 41, however, has been brave enough to risk the misogynistic environment and established her own small spaghetti factory in Dihdadi district, 15 km west of Mazar-i-Sharif city, capital of northern Balkh province, to achieve her goal. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)

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