Women weave a better future

The ILO has set up weaving centres in Balistan, one of Pakistan’s poorest provinces to boost the quality of the products, and improve skills and income of the weaver.

The women used an age-old method to convert their local wool into shawls, turning a wooden spindle rapidly between their fingers, balancing it on an upturned bowl or cup. It took about a month to spin one kilogramme of yarn.

With technical and financial support from the ILO, the Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation (BCDF) decided to take steps to improve the livelihoods of the villagers, in what is one of the harshest and poorest regions of Pakistan.

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