As Afghanistan's widespread economic crisis drags on and jobs become scarcer, the women of Dogabad village are finding innovative ways to support their loved ones, even as their own lives seem grimmer than ever. In this impoverished neighbourhood of Kabul, against all odds, women are taking the lead.

A female beneficiary of a UNODC alternative development project feeding her chickens in Dogabad village, Kabul, Afghanistan. UN News / David Mottershead
A female beneficiary of a UNODC alternative development project feeding her chickens in Dogabad village, Kabul, Afghanistan. UN News / David Mottershead

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