| Empowering women through sewing |
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Women have always been marginalized and relegated to the status of subjugated class in the Indian society. Women have not actively participated in their emancipation due to their lack of economic independence and illiteracy. Women should be organized and strengthened at the grass root level to end their subordination. AMG India is making an attempt in that direction to make rural women self sufficient through sewing training centers. The main aim of this programme is to enhance the quality of life of women through increased knowledge and skills. AMG also realized that merely imparting literacy would not be sufficient .The women need vocational training or skills also to uplift their status. They should be able to stand on their feet and provide for their families. For this AMG has started free-of-cost sewing training centers ( Chilakaluripet -3, Kakinada -3, Anakaplli, Eleswaram, Parimithadaka,Jampet,Thadithota) which provides innovative clothing designs and works with progressive concepts.The ultimate objective of the Sewing Center is to provide the women with the opportunity to be self-employed as personal tailors. Upon completing the tailoring program, each woman receives a sewing machine, empowering her to run a tailoring business from her home. Recently AMG has given sewing machines to sewing trainees who completed training successfully in its sewing centers at Thadithota and Jampet, Rajamundry Area. Following are the photos of the distribution of sewing machines to trainees.
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