Skill development program
Skill development program
Men outnumber women as of the census of 2017 in a ratio of 51 to 49. However, literacy rates among women are touching new lows because women are unable to complete their studies due to sociocultural factors. This leads to financial deterioration, lack of awareness and unproductivity. Despite a slow increase in the last 16 years, a mere 22 percent of women (compared to 67.8 percent of men) officially partake in some economic activity in Pakistan. This is one of the lowest rates of female labor force’s participation in the region, second only to Afghanistan. Low female labor force participation has clear implications for an accelerated economic growth in Pakistan. A 2016 IMF paper estimates that closing gender gaps in economic participation could boost GDP in Pakistan by up to 30 percent.
The least we could do is to provide vocational training to young girls that not only empowers them but builds their prowess socially and economically. It brushes their social skills, enhances their abilities to earn a living for their families and make a useful yet productive living out of it.
Mobile Training Centers by Karwan
The initiatives by Karwan revolve around skill development in two Tehsils of Muzaffarabad, AJK starting from 2013. The skill development trainings take place at two locations at a time where 50 women learn gift making, embroidery and sewing: cutting, drafting and stitching for 3 months. The centers are mobile, keep shifting from place to place and are set up with the help of the local communities. Specially those villages are targeted where there are no opportunities of higher education for women, since more often than not they end up being unproductive at their homes till the time they are married, after which they get mostly busy in child bearing and rearing.
The initiatives by Karwan revolve around skill development in two Tehsils of Muzaffarabad, AJK starting from 2013. The skill development trainings take place at two locations at a time where 50 women learn gift making, embroidery and sewing: cutting, drafting and stitching for 3 months. The centers are mobile, keep shifting from place to place and are set up with the help of the local communities. Specially those villages are targeted where there are no opportunities of higher education for women, since more often than not they end up being unproductive at their homes till the time they are married, after which they get mostly busy in child bearing and rearing.
In the rural localities, women do not have a very high social value if they are not married after completing grade 8. Most of them do not have any activity at homes, and practically no social life. Karwan’s Skill Development Centers is also aimed at providing a social bonding opportunity to young women, which has long lasting benefits socially. Moreover, women find financial freedom and get to have a contribution in the family economics, hence tend to develop a positive purpose in life. Helping the women who on everyday basis face financial and domestic ordeals, sort one segment of their life isn’t just a social welfare but a lifelong promise to a better life.
The participants in the end of training sessions are encouraged to pursue what they have learnt and in order to do so as a token of appreciation and support, certificates are given out to the trainees.
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