"Green Rooms" is one of the latest initiatives by the "She works for peace" association, founded by social entrepreneur Selene Biffi. One of the projects is a vegetable garden project that allows Afghan women to save water and soil. This is a window of hope in a country plagued by drought and food insecurity. From starting as an armed insurrection, the Taliban are now the country's de facto authority.
Many Afghan women were previously denied higher education, work with the public, access to outdoor spaces, and even travel on their own due to the Taliban rule stand up against this stronghold. Selene Biffi, founder of the "She Works for Peace" association, which has been supporting women's micro-entrepreneurship in Afghanistan for three years, knows this very well.
With her latest project, called "Green Rooms," she has managed to implement something that many thought impossible: home hydroponics systems that save up to 90 percent of water and respond to a double need: food security for families and employment for women.
After the first phase of training involving 35 women, in many cases illiterate or widowed, due to decades of war, 260 people are now involved.
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