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Agriculture
Horticulture
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Food processing
Knitting/sewing
Beautician Training Centre
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Tailoring and knitting centres |
Demand for training on tailoring and knitting came from women’s groups and adolescents themselves and USNPSS helped them pursue their aspirations.
In Uttarakhand labor productivity in farming is falling due to crop depredation by wild animals and erratic weather patterns. In addition, young women’s lives are now being shaped by formal education and exposure to cellphones, television and internet which provide easy access to information and the urban ways of living. As these reasons increasingly become the basis for a shift in aspirations of girls and young women, disinterest in agriculture and forest related activities is apparent.
Income generation activities like tailoring and knitting promote women’s participation in diversification of livelihood choices. USNPSS encourages socio-economic inclusion of women by facilitating access to training, provision of material and services for activities, financial help and networking.
Through training on tailoring and knitting women acquire some skills and earn income. As entrepreneurs, they create a space for themselves in communities and exercise monetary advantage.
Since 2014, USNPSS has supported sewing/knitting training centres in seven districts spread over nineteen village clusters(Maniagar, Maichun, Palyoun, Binta, Danya, Gogina, Loharkuda, Ratirkethi,Pati, Jankande, Toli, Galla, Namik, Bainoli, Dungari, Diyarkot,Jakh, Chaurasain and Ukhimath).
In tailoring and knitting centres, women come in batches. They initially start with hand-sewing followed by machine-sewing and later use pedal machines to stitch garments.
This activity fall under the scope of what would be relevant to the local markets so that women can start earning some money immediately after completing their training.
A trend catching momentum is the tendency of trained girls wanting to open their own shops after marriage. Many girls are raising this issue when their marriage is being fixed and some of them have been successful in opening a shop of their own.
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