Creating economic prosperity under risky conditions
Category: Keeping Up With Gen Y
June 30, 2010 | BY Tamara Bell
Farzana Ebrahimi, a businesswoman from Afghanistan
In today’s episode, Keeping Up with Gen Y talks to Farzana Ebrahimi, a Gen Y businesswoman from Afghanistan, who is fighting the country’s cultural norm and blazing her own path to economic prosperity. She was in the United States recently as a participant in a conference sponsored by The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women’s Peace Through Business program. The Oklahoma City-based organization provides long-term business training to women entrepreneurs in war-torn countries, specifically Afghanistan and Rwanda.
Farzana talks about the difficulty she faces in trying to forge an entrepreneurial path in a society that doesn’t recognize women as business leaders. She also shares her plans to bring literacy and computer skills to all women and girls in Kandahar, despite governmental barriers.
You can listen to the show below. And check out our Page on WomensRadio Network for more information about the show and our guests.
Tags: Afghanistan, businesswomen, entrepreneurs, featured, Gen Y, Keeping Up with Gen Y, literacy, The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women
About the Author
Tamara Bell: Tamara Bell is the editor of Y Gen Out Loud. She began her journalism career as a reporter in Dallas, Texas. A few years later, she moved into politics and government, working for both Democratic and Republican members of the Texas Legislature. When not working on Y Gen, Tamara is a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Tamara has a B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.
