Turkmen Women’s Active Rights Association (TWARA)

Afghanistan

Year(s) attended: 2010

Turkmen Women’s Active Rights Association (TWARA)

Embroidery, Jewelry and Weaving

Ghulamullah Muradi, marketing manager for the Turkmen Women Active Rights Assoiciation (TWARA), was born in northern Afghanistan but immigrated to Pakistan. He learned carpet weaving from his mother, and in 2005, helped found TWARA and its affiliated handicraft association, which supports 300 minority Turkmen women artists who make felt rugs, jewelry, hand-loomed textiles, embroidery, and carpets.

The group identifies communities with low literacy rates in remote areas of Afghanistan, helping women to promote traditional crafts while teaching them health care, parenting, and other life skills.