Swat, October, 18, 2012: Naseem Akhtar, 25, represents the rural Swat where hand embellishment has a long tradition, wherein women, starting mostly as young as 10 or 12 years, stitch their way to adolescence, and adulthood. USAID is providing economic opportunities to 24,000 women embellishers in Pakistan through its Embellished Fabric Value Chain initiative under Entrepreneurs Project.
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2012-10-16 23:04
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usaid_pakistan/8112077308/">Embellished Fabrics Value Chain Development Initiative under the USAID's Entrepreneurs Project</a>