Women's Economic Empowerment: Veezha Jewelry

A foundational avenue for becoming an empowered woman is through financial independence. For centuries, men have held the societal expectation of earning the family income. This has reinforced women's financial reliance on men and hindered women's advancement in entrepreneurial endeavors. Chai Sabz aims to encourage women’s financial independence by highlighting the achievements and viewpoints of Afghan women entrepreneurs through our new Women's Economic Empowerment series. We are happy to introduce this series with Ms. Tania Aria, an economist and entrepreneur by profession holding a master’s degree in Economics and Finance from University of Southampton, U.K. as a Chevening Scholar. Ms. Aria has worked on women’s economic empowerment, economic growth projects including international trade, export promotion, private sector development and research for over a decade now. She now resides in the U.S. and is the founder of her own jewelry brand, Veezha LLC. In this episode, Ms. Aria discusses how her jewelry brand supports artisans and artists in Afghanistan by using their craftsmanship in the jewelry design. She also shares her thoughts on how Afghans of the diaspora can play a role in fueling the economy in Afghanistan by investing in the country's high potential industries and talent. We close the episode with a brief conversation about methods of encouraging women's economic empowerment within the Afghan diaspora. Happy listening and remember to make that bank!