Learning a trade at home

Women at a Mumtaz Begum Dastakari School session.

Photo: Tuaam-e-Miskeen Foundation

Training in traditional and contemporary handicrafts lets women earn from home. Centres run in Sibi and Sohbatpur (Balochistan), Jalalpur Pirwala (South Punjab) and Ishkomen Valley (Gilgit-Baltistan).

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From the field

Women learning to stitch at a Dastakari School centre.
Embroidered bags, caps and cushions made by students.
A student receives her course certificate.
Finished garments on display at the end of a course.
Students and their trainer at the Multan centre.
The front of a Dastakari School centre.
A session at the Mumtaz Begum Dastakari School.
A session at the Mumtaz Begum Dastakari School.

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