{"id":2875,"date":"2026-10-02T23:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2026-10-05T13:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:08:05","slug":"presentation-of-the-women-business-prize-afghanistan-27-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2026\/10\/presentation-of-the-women-business-prize-afghanistan-27-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESENTATION OF THE WOMEN BUSINESS PRIZE AFGHANISTAN (27 September 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiIz9rMwqKXAxX3_rsIHcAxIy8Q3ewLegQIDxAV\" aria-label=\"Testo tradotto: An Italian initiative of excellence\u2014the \u201cWomen Business Prize Afghanistan,\u201d established by the non-profit organization NOVE Caring Humans\u2014was presented by Vice President Susanna Fioretti to the diplomatic community involved in the Doha Process and to representatives from the World Bank (WB) office in Kabul, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) office in Qatar (which covers Afghanistan).\nFollowing an initial call for applications in 2025\u2014which drew significant interest from Afghan women entrepreneurs and resulted in awards for three women involved in local projects\u2014the 2026 edition of the Prize will adopt a new operational format inspired by the \u201cShe Means Business\u201d ethos. This format focuses on training and dialogue, with the aim of facilitating access to credit and international markets.\n\nHighlighting and raising awareness of these significant private-sector engagement initiatives, noted Ambassador Sabrina Ugolini, reaffirms the Italian Government\u2019s commitment to the social and economic inclusion of Afghan women, aligning with our participation in the UN-led Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) of the Doha Process for Afghanistan.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">An Italian initiative of excellence: the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/novecaringhumans.org\/en\/projects\/women-business-prize-2025-afghanistan-2\/\">Women Business Prize Afghanistan<\/a>,\u201d established by the non-profit organization NOVE Caring Humans, was presented by Vice President Susanna Fioretti to the diplomatic community involved in the Doha Process and to representatives from the World Bank (WB) office in Kabul, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) office in Qatar (which covers Afghanistan).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiIz9rMwqKXAxX3_rsIHcAxIy8Q3ewLegQIDxAV\" aria-label=\"Testo tradotto: An Italian initiative of excellence\u2014the \u201cWomen Business Prize Afghanistan,\u201d established by the non-profit organization NOVE Caring Humans\u2014was presented by Vice President Susanna Fioretti to the diplomatic community involved in the Doha Process and to representatives from the World Bank (WB) office in Kabul, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) office in Qatar (which covers Afghanistan).\nFollowing an initial call for applications in 2025\u2014which drew significant interest from Afghan women entrepreneurs and resulted in awards for three women involved in local projects\u2014the 2026 edition of the Prize will adopt a new operational format inspired by the \u201cShe Means Business\u201d ethos. This format focuses on training and dialogue, with the aim of facilitating access to credit and international markets.\n\nHighlighting and raising awareness of these significant private-sector engagement initiatives, noted Ambassador Sabrina Ugolini, reaffirms the Italian Government\u2019s commitment to the social and economic inclusion of Afghan women, aligning with our participation in the UN-led Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) of the Doha Process for Afghanistan.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Following an initial call for applications in 2025, which drew significant interest from Afghan women entrepreneurs and resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com\/2025\/07\/28\/agfhanistan-donne-impresa\/\">awards for three women involved in local projects<\/a>, the 2026 edition of the Prize will adopt a new operational format inspired by the motto of \u201cShe Means Business\u201d. This format focuses on training and dialogue, with the aim of facilitating access to credit and international markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiIz9rMwqKXAxX3_rsIHcAxIy8Q3ewLegQIDxAV\" aria-label=\"Testo tradotto: An Italian initiative of excellence\u2014the \u201cWomen Business Prize Afghanistan,\u201d established by the non-profit organization NOVE Caring Humans\u2014was presented by Vice President Susanna Fioretti to the diplomatic community involved in the Doha Process and to representatives from the World Bank (WB) office in Kabul, the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) office in Qatar (which covers Afghanistan).\nFollowing an initial call for applications in 2025\u2014which drew significant interest from Afghan women entrepreneurs and resulted in awards for three women involved in local projects\u2014the 2026 edition of the Prize will adopt a new operational format inspired by the \u201cShe Means Business\u201d ethos. This format focuses on training and dialogue, with the aim of facilitating access to credit and international markets.\n\nHighlighting and raising awareness of these significant private-sector engagement initiatives, noted Ambassador Sabrina Ugolini, reaffirms the Italian Government\u2019s commitment to the social and economic inclusion of Afghan women, aligning with our participation in the UN-led Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) of the Doha Process for Afghanistan.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"-1\">Ambassador Sabrina Ugolini noted that highlighting and raising awareness of these significant private-sector engagement initiatives reaffirms the Italian Government\u2019s commitment to the social and economic inclusion of Afghan women, aligning with our participation in the UN-led Private Sector Working Group (PSWG) of the Doha Process for Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Italian initiative of excellence: the \u201cWomen Business Prize Afghanistan,\u201d established by the non-profit organization NOVE Caring Humans, was presented by Vice President Susanna Fioretti to the diplomatic community involved in the Doha Process and to representatives from the World Bank (WB) office in Kabul, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Italian Trade Agency [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[5,7,10],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cooperazione-allo-sviluppo","tag-diplomazia-culturale","tag-diritti-umani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambkabul.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}