Indian Army organises free tailoring courses for women in J&K

By: WE Staff | Thursday, 23 September 2021

In South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, the Indian Army has organised a 45-day free cutting and tailoring training for females living in remote areas of Larnoo Kokernag. The 19 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) has organised this training to make women self-sufficient and empower them.

19 RR course in charge Captain Pankaj Sharma stated, “If we talk about the Larnoo, it is a far-flung and remote area where opportunities are few. People over here approached us for some development programme. Under this programme, we are basically targeting poor people and our aim is to get these girls to train so that they get further opportunities,” he added.

“There are many educated jobless girls who don’t have opportunities in the area. We are thankful to 19 RR for the effort. We also want to request the Centre to provide a number of machines,” said Rubeena Jan, a trainee at the centre.

Nelofar, another trainee at the centre complemented the Indian Army for taking the initiative. “This is a good step taken by RR and we are grateful for that. We are getting good training here along with free machines and other necessary items but the number of machines is less. We want additional machines as more girls are going to join us.”

The Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, launched ‘SAATH’, a rural entrepreneurship development programme for women in self-help groups in J&K, on Wednesday. It is a project of the Jammu Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission that aims to assist rural women in achieving economic prosperity and independence.

Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar, mission director of JKRLM, stated that the ‘Saath’ initiative will provide mentorship and handheld support to women business owners of Self Help Groups from rural areas through exclusive capacity-enhancing workshops and one-on-one training for upgrading their business ventures nationally and internationally.