Connie Duckworth, founder of Arzu Studio Hope, speaks with Fowzea Olemi, director of the women's center in Lashkar Gah, June 8. Jan and Duckworth are searching for potential locations to expand operations like the women's center in Bamyan, Afghanistan. The women's center employs women weavers to create high-end woven rugs. To work for Arzu, women sign a contract agreeing to send all of their children to school until age 15 and take literacy classes themselves. Also, pregnant women and mothers of newborns are to accept transportation to medical care. Arzu Studio Hope Seek to Improve Qualit

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Connie Duckworth, founder of Arzu Studio Hope, speaks with Fowzea Olemi, director of the women's center in Lashkar Gah, June 8. Jan and Duckworth are searching for potential locations to expand operations like the women's center in Bamyan, Afghanistan. The women's center employs women weavers to create high-end woven rugs. To work for Arzu, women sign a contract agreeing to send all of their children to school until age 15 and take literacy classes themselves. Also, pregnant women and mothers of newborns are to accept transportation to medical care. Arzu Studio Hope Seek to Improve Quality of Life for Afghan Women DVIDS288159

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