Me and two other sales agents on our weekly trip to supply scarves to the market in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. I supply around 100 scarves a weekPhotograph: Salma HabibHaving a family meal (clockwise around the table, from left): Fakhria, Arzo, me, and my children Hijran, five; Navid, seven, and Muqadar, ninePhotograph: Salma HabibA weekly meeting for 20 women I work with, with Zardozi, an Afghan NGO supported by Oxfam which links “home producers” with marketsPhotograph: Salma Habib
Helping my children with homework. I only went to school until the age of 14, so I am determined that my children will have an educationPhotograph: Salma HabibHeading to market to sell the scarves my co-workers and I make at homePhotograph: Salma HabibWashing my family’s clothes by hand – I do this at least twice a weekPhotograph: Salma Habib
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