{"id":192420,"date":"2026-03-03T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/women-in-the-shadow-of-restrictions-online-commerce-as-a-path-to-survival-and-economic-independence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:45:16","slug":"women-in-the-shadow-of-restrictions-online-commerce-as-a-path-to-survival-and-economic-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/women-in-the-shadow-of-restrictions-online-commerce-as-a-path-to-survival-and-economic-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in the Shadow of Restrictions: Online Commerce as a Path to Survival and Economic Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/women-in-the-shadow-of-restrictions-online-commerce-as-a-path-to-survival-and-economic-independence\/\">Women in the Shadow of Restrictions: Online Commerce as a Path to Survival and Economic Independence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/women-in-the-shadow-of-restrictions-online-commerce-as-a-path-to-survival-and-economic-independence\/\">https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/women-in-the-shadow-of-restrictions-online-commerce-as-a-path-to-survival-and-economic-independence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-03 13:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"8am.media\">8am.media<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Rise of Online Commerce:<\/strong> Online commerce in Afghanistan has flourished since 2018, largely due to the expansion of internet access, especially through 3G and 4G networks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Impact of Taliban Restrictions:<\/strong> Post the Taliban\u2019s return to power in 2021, restrictions on women\u2019s work and education led many women and girls to turn to online commerce as a source of income and economic participation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Use of Social Media Platforms:<\/strong> Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and WhatsApp groups have become primary marketplaces for online commerce, offering safe and broad reach.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Challenges Faced by Online Entrepreneurs:<\/strong> Women entrepreneurs like Abrin and Shabana Roufi cite challenges including customer trust issues, lack of prepayment systems, and product size misunderstandings among customers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Resilience and Adaptation:<\/strong> Despite obstacles like internet connectivity issues, discrimination from families, and harassment, many women continue to adapt and grow their online businesses.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Future Prospects:<\/strong> Shabana Roufi emphasizes the potential of online commerce to advance further with the aid of artificial intelligence and suggests incorporating AI training to stay competitive globally.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Broader Economic Impact:<\/strong> The shift to online commerce is seen as a way for women to achieve economic independence and resilience in a restricted environment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in the Shadow of Restrictions: Online Commerce as a Path to Survival and Economic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Online-Shopping-Digital-Marketplace.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-192420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192422,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192420\/revisions\/192422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}