Industrial garments stitching training for poor women and trans-genders, Green Town, Punjab

FIT Projects

Project Description:

Trans-genders and women are marginalized groups of Pakistan. They have negligible access to trainings due to cultural barriers. This project will enhance opportunities of economic empowerment and improve self-image of neglected segment of the population. Poor women and trans-genders will be selected for trainings for industrial stitching of garments. They will afterwards be employed by the industrial units in the vicinity. The purpose of the project is to teach these groups skills and create market linkages for their absorption. The beneficiaries are unique especially trans-genders as they are one of the most neglected segment of the population. These trainings will empower the beneficiaries and prevent them from begging on the streets and contribute to a healthy and balanced society.
For further details;
Shafqat-ur-Rehman
Ch. Deputy Manager Technical
Shafqat.rehman@pvtc.gop.pk

Stories from FIT : Sewing a Bright Future, Stitch by Stitch

Muhammad Nawaz alias Aashee is a transgender and she lives in Green Town, Lahore. Born in Gujrat, she moved to Lahore 20 years ago with her guru (mentor). It had been an escape from a life of constant degradation and rejection. At home, her family did not want to be associated with a transgender. At the boys’ school where she did her Matriculation, her classfellows subjected her to constant ridicule and abuse, and even the teachers would hold her responsible for the conflicts and advise her to “mend her ways.” [Read More]