Manizha Wafeq

Manizha Wafeq is an Afghan entrepreneur and campaigner for women's rights.

With a degree in Economics, she has been working since 2002 with development projects for women's empowerment and gender equality.

She has trained more than 500 government staff in Kabul and provinces on Gender Mainstreaming.

Wafeq worked as one of four women partners in a consulting firm in 2008 in Kabul.

[4] Though she has a busy schedule, her commitment for women's empowerment and gender equality encouraged her to serve as an executive board member for Afghan Women's Network (AWN)[5] for two years and be one of the founders for Leading Entrepreneurs for Afghanistan Development (LEAD)[6] to do advocacy for women's economic rights and role in Afghanistan.