BSS-01 Embroidery works bring smile on distressed women

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EMBROIDERY-WORKS (with picture)

Embroidery works bring smile on distressed women

RAJSHAHI, Jan 8, 2018 (BSS) – With establishing boutique houses, many
underprivileged and distressed women have become income-generators in the
metropolis and its outskirts contributing a lot to the society in many ways.

With training and financial support from the government they established
embroidery and boutique houses and running their business successfully.

“We have founded ‘Angona Boutique and Fashion’. The business house is being
operated by our Angona Mohila Samity successfully making more than 100 women
self-reliant,” said Iffat Ara, director of the samity.

Similarly, Daudpur Mohila Koliyan Samity is running Shefali Boutique and
Mohona Mohila Kolyan Samity’s Mohona Boutiques making at least 175 women
self-reliant.

“We have made linked around 50 women with skill development training for
improving their living condition,” said Anwara Begum, President of Dashmari
Distressed Women Welfare Association.

After completing their training they are doing block, boutique and
embroidery works in their respective areas and many of them attained their
long-cherished economic emancipation.

Anwara Begum told BSS that the boutique houses were established and
operated with assistance of district women affairs office.

The office is implementing a project titled “Women Skill-based Training
for Livelihood” in order to make the underprivileged and neglected women
especially divorcee, widow and financially backward self-reliant.

Under the project, the targeted women are given three-month training on
various trades like sewing, block-boutique, embroidery, beautification, food
processing and mobile phone servicing. They were also given financial and
some other requisite supports after training.

“Raziya Sultana, 25, of Dharampur Bazekazla earns around Tk 400-500 per day
by making and selling cloth bags for shopping, said a local community leader.

Rahima, 30, wife of Rustam Ali of Hetemkha area, told BSS that she
received the training on tailoring.

Now, she has brought some happiness in her four-member family as she earns
Tk 500-600 per day after operating a sewing machine at present.

District Women Affairs Officer Shahnaj Begum told BSS that the project
intends to involve the socially backward women to the country’s overall
development process and the beneficiary women are becoming self-reliant and
part of the development.

Sharing views on the issue Kolpona Roy, local unit president of Bangladesh
Mohila Parishad, said supporting skills development to the poor women in the
society for better economic condition is very important.

BSS/AH/RY/10:45 hrs