Fatema Akbari is the recipient of the 2011 Vital Voices Global Leadership Award, 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement. The Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards honor and celebrate women leaders who are working to strengthen democracy, increase economic opportunity and protect human rights around the world. Fatema is the owner of Gulistan Sadaqat Company, a furniture manufacturing business in Kabul. Founded in 2003, the business employs close to 100 Afghans, mostly widows she has trained as carpenters. Vital Voices honored Fatema in recognition for her work to empower others through training and employment, and through literacy and skills training provided by her non-governmental organization, Women Affairs Council, to women in Taliban-controlled areas.
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