Dhaka,
Oct 09, 2014 - Needlework like embroidering, spangling saree,
ornamental stitching on female clothes has turned into an effective
venture for the unemployed and distressed rural women in changing
fortune in recent years.
Some 42,000 unemployed, poor and distressed rural women, housewives, young girls, divorcees have attained self-reliance through working at home or smaller enterprises locally in Rangpur division as the prospective venture continues to grow faster.
According to sources in different government and non-government organisations, needlework adds additional values to female clothes making those high-priced in the country's sophisticated markets including capital city.
As result of continuous success, needlework has been getting the shape of a growing cottage industry attracting local entrepreneurs as well as different organisations to change the rural macro-economy and alleviate abject poverty.
Dozens of the successful rural women have now launched their own enterprises after getting necessary training and assistance from different government and non-government organisations and local traders.
With the assistances of RDRS Bangladesh alone, more than 2,000 unemployed and distressed women, victims of repression and violence, divorcees, widows and physically challenged women have so far achieved self-reliance through needlework at homes.
Entrepreneur Abu Bakar Siddik has set up mini garment factory at Dimla upazila town of Nilphamari to promote skill development of rural women and established eight more production centres to enhance needlework and handloom garment industry.
Many trained women have been working at his production centres set up at different rural areas of Dimla and Domar upazilas in Nilphamari after getting training from his mini garment factory.
Like the other successful women at these centres, Rasheda, 35, Lipa, 21, Rafia, 38, Ambia, 35, and Samina, 32, said they are earning Taka 5,000 to 6,000 every month now to lead solvent life with their family members and children.
Entrepreneur of spangling industry Chand Mia said he has expanded the venture generating employment for about 350 poor families in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur through creating expert embroidery and ornamental stitching artisans.
He supplies simple saree, spangles, anti-pipe, dhania puthi, tire puthi, pet-pipe, phooljori, laljori, sadajori, dhole spangle, stitching inputs, yarns and threads to the women to make those attractive through ornamental stitching, embroidery and needlework.
"After finishing needlework, each of the saree is being sold in Dhaka markets at Taka 9,000 to Taka 30,000 while the saree made by more skillful hand is sold at higher price of up to Taka 42,000 in the aristocrat markets in the capital city," he said.
As the venture continues expanding, most of the women of all ages in the village have turned into craftspeople to decorate saree with ornamental stitching and embroidery to earn minimum Taka 800 to 1,000 weekly.
Successful craftswomen Mollika, 32, and Shameema, 28, said women of the village now earn between Taka 3,000 and 4,500 monthly with double incomes before the Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja festivities.
Similarly, over 1,000 women of all ages have changed fortune through embroidery, ornamental stitching, 'jari', 'puthi' and spangling works on saree, three-pieces, scarf and other female clothes in different villages under Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon.
Some 42,000 unemployed, poor and distressed rural women, housewives, young girls, divorcees have attained self-reliance through working at home or smaller enterprises locally in Rangpur division as the prospective venture continues to grow faster.
According to sources in different government and non-government organisations, needlework adds additional values to female clothes making those high-priced in the country's sophisticated markets including capital city.
As result of continuous success, needlework has been getting the shape of a growing cottage industry attracting local entrepreneurs as well as different organisations to change the rural macro-economy and alleviate abject poverty.
Dozens of the successful rural women have now launched their own enterprises after getting necessary training and assistance from different government and non-government organisations and local traders.
With the assistances of RDRS Bangladesh alone, more than 2,000 unemployed and distressed women, victims of repression and violence, divorcees, widows and physically challenged women have so far achieved self-reliance through needlework at homes.
Entrepreneur Abu Bakar Siddik has set up mini garment factory at Dimla upazila town of Nilphamari to promote skill development of rural women and established eight more production centres to enhance needlework and handloom garment industry.
Many trained women have been working at his production centres set up at different rural areas of Dimla and Domar upazilas in Nilphamari after getting training from his mini garment factory.
Like the other successful women at these centres, Rasheda, 35, Lipa, 21, Rafia, 38, Ambia, 35, and Samina, 32, said they are earning Taka 5,000 to 6,000 every month now to lead solvent life with their family members and children.
Entrepreneur of spangling industry Chand Mia said he has expanded the venture generating employment for about 350 poor families in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur through creating expert embroidery and ornamental stitching artisans.
He supplies simple saree, spangles, anti-pipe, dhania puthi, tire puthi, pet-pipe, phooljori, laljori, sadajori, dhole spangle, stitching inputs, yarns and threads to the women to make those attractive through ornamental stitching, embroidery and needlework.
"After finishing needlework, each of the saree is being sold in Dhaka markets at Taka 9,000 to Taka 30,000 while the saree made by more skillful hand is sold at higher price of up to Taka 42,000 in the aristocrat markets in the capital city," he said.
As the venture continues expanding, most of the women of all ages in the village have turned into craftspeople to decorate saree with ornamental stitching and embroidery to earn minimum Taka 800 to 1,000 weekly.
Successful craftswomen Mollika, 32, and Shameema, 28, said women of the village now earn between Taka 3,000 and 4,500 monthly with double incomes before the Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja festivities.
Similarly, over 1,000 women of all ages have changed fortune through embroidery, ornamental stitching, 'jari', 'puthi' and spangling works on saree, three-pieces, scarf and other female clothes in different villages under Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon.
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