The challenges faced by women-owned companies in Afghanistan under COVID-19 and Taliban

被引：1

作者：

Hashemy, Tayeba ^{[1
]}

Shrestha, Rajeev ^{[2
]}

Hashemy, Sayed Mahdi ^{[1
]}

Kotera, Yasuhiro ^{[3
]}

Kaneda, Yudai ^{[5
]}

Bhandari, Divya ^{[4
]}

Dulal, Pratigya ^{[6
]}

Abeysinghe, Sudeepa ^{[7
]}

Ozaki, Akihiko ^{[4
,8
]}

Mousavi, Sayed Hamid ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Afghanistan Natl Char Org Special Dis, Dept Hlth Econ, Kabul, Afghanistan

[2] Dist Hosp Lamjung, Dept Pharm, Besisahar, Gandaki, Nepal

[3] Univ Nottingham, Sch Hlth Sci, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

[4] Med Governance Res Inst, Tokyo, Japan

[5] Hokkaido Univ, Sch Med, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

[6] Univ East London, Royal Docks Sch Business & Law, Stratford Campus, London, England

[7] Univ East London, Royal Docks Sch Business & Law, London, England

[8] Jyoban Hosptial Tokiwa Fdn, Dept Breast & Thyroid Surg, Fukushima, Japan

来源：

COGENT SOCIAL SCIENCES | 2023年 / 9卷 / 01期

关键词：

COVID-19; challenges; Taliban; women-owned company;

D O I：

10.1080/23311886.2023.2195231

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift of power to the Taliban have negatively affected women-owned companies. This study aimed to explore the external and internal challenges of women-owned businesses from March 2020 to January 2022 in Afghanistan. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted from December 2021 to January 2022 with 29 women-owned company owners and chief executive officers (CEOs) based in five provinces of Afghanistan. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The themes are COVID-19 external challenges: movement restriction, inability to access the market, and financial issues. COVID-19 internal challenges: financial and production problems. Taliban governance external challenges: regulation on women's activities, economic crisis, and market downturn, and Taliban governance internal challenges: financial issues, production issues, and staff mental wellbeing. The study concluded that challenges due to the COVID-19 and Taliban governance presented strong shocks to women-owned companies that may precipitate the closure of these companies or the immigration of businesswomen.

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