The International Center for Afghan Women’s Economic Development will become the new home for the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, several other nongovernmental organizations and a university program focusing on women’s economic development. The center, designed by Denver-based Burkett Design, will be located on the new campus of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF).
The U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council is a public-private partnership created in 2002 by then-President George W. Bush and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and housed at Georgetown University. It connects the U.S. and Afghan governments, the private sector, academia and non-governmental organizations to develop and implement initiatives in support of Afghan women and children.