Grassroots women getting tiles-fitting training in Rajshahi
The Bangladesh Today news:
RAJSHAHI: For the first time in the region, grassroots women have started getting different vocational training including the tiles-fitting one in the region for their self-reliance and empowerment, reports BSS.
In the preliminary stage, more than 50 women including some young girls from the poor and marginalized families have come together towards the venture in Tanore, Godagari and Nachole Upazilas with commitment of becoming economically solvent through daily incomes side by side with men. Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organization (ASSEDO) initiated the 15-day training on wall painting and tiles fitting for the women in order to make them worthy citizens.
Promoting Food Security and Livelihoods of Marginalized People of Barind Tract (PFLMB) Project supported the training with financial support from Oxfam. The initiative has been taken to boosting skilled human resources and income of marginalised and vulnerable families of the Barind tract by adapting climate adaptive sustainable agricultural technologies, diversifying income generating activities and skill development.
To promote and encourage the training course, a discussion meeting was organized at Gainpara village under Tanore Upazila of the district yesterday where large number of enthusiastic people both male and female attended. Tanore Upazila Nirbahi Officer Muniruzzaman Bhuiyan addressed the discussion as chief guest while Upazila Youth Development Officer Anisuzzaman and ASSEDO Executive Director Agriculturist Rabiul Alam spoke as special guests with PFLMB Project Manager Mahbub Jaman Tapan in the chair. Wall Painting Trainer Sazzad Ahmed, Tiles Fitting Trainer Abu Bakkar and PFLMB Project Technical Officer (Monitoring) Muktar Hossain and Field Facilitators Kismat Ara and Sagar Ali also spoke. Terming the training as effective means of women empowerment and gender balance in working fields the speakers said there should be adequate measures of imparting training to the rural women.
They underscored the need for adequate income-generating training for the unemployed youths of the poor and marginzalised faming families for their self-reliance besides transforming them in to social contributors.
They viewed despite of their strong will many of the youths in the drought-prone barind areas comprising Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts couldn’t become income-generators due to lack of proper and time-fitting vocational training.
In phases, more than 150 interested youths both boys and girls age group between 18 to 24 coming from poor and most vulnerable target families will be brought under the training course on different vocations for their self-employment, the opening session mentioned. After successful completion of the course, each of the trainees will get income-generating devices valued at around Taka 5,000
This project will also provide and develop vocational and trade-based skill training to the youths and also extend financial supports for generating income from alternative .
income sources. Rabiul Alam said around 1600 people from poor and small farming families will be benefited directly while another 600 families indirectly from the project.
Besides, the scheme has provision of establishing linkage between different vocational training institutes and searching opportunity for support services for skills development training to the youths.
In the preliminary stage, more than 50 women including some young girls from the poor and marginalized families have come together towards the venture in Tanore, Godagari and Nachole Upazilas with commitment of becoming economically solvent through daily incomes side by side with men. Agriculture Sustainable and Socio-Economic Development Organization (ASSEDO) initiated the 15-day training on wall painting and tiles fitting for the women in order to make them worthy citizens.
Promoting Food Security and Livelihoods of Marginalized People of Barind Tract (PFLMB) Project supported the training with financial support from Oxfam. The initiative has been taken to boosting skilled human resources and income of marginalised and vulnerable families of the Barind tract by adapting climate adaptive sustainable agricultural technologies, diversifying income generating activities and skill development.
To promote and encourage the training course, a discussion meeting was organized at Gainpara village under Tanore Upazila of the district yesterday where large number of enthusiastic people both male and female attended. Tanore Upazila Nirbahi Officer Muniruzzaman Bhuiyan addressed the discussion as chief guest while Upazila Youth Development Officer Anisuzzaman and ASSEDO Executive Director Agriculturist Rabiul Alam spoke as special guests with PFLMB Project Manager Mahbub Jaman Tapan in the chair. Wall Painting Trainer Sazzad Ahmed, Tiles Fitting Trainer Abu Bakkar and PFLMB Project Technical Officer (Monitoring) Muktar Hossain and Field Facilitators Kismat Ara and Sagar Ali also spoke. Terming the training as effective means of women empowerment and gender balance in working fields the speakers said there should be adequate measures of imparting training to the rural women.
They underscored the need for adequate income-generating training for the unemployed youths of the poor and marginzalised faming families for their self-reliance besides transforming them in to social contributors.
They viewed despite of their strong will many of the youths in the drought-prone barind areas comprising Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts couldn’t become income-generators due to lack of proper and time-fitting vocational training.
In phases, more than 150 interested youths both boys and girls age group between 18 to 24 coming from poor and most vulnerable target families will be brought under the training course on different vocations for their self-employment, the opening session mentioned. After successful completion of the course, each of the trainees will get income-generating devices valued at around Taka 5,000
This project will also provide and develop vocational and trade-based skill training to the youths and also extend financial supports for generating income from alternative .
income sources. Rabiul Alam said around 1600 people from poor and small farming families will be benefited directly while another 600 families indirectly from the project.
Besides, the scheme has provision of establishing linkage between different vocational training institutes and searching opportunity for support services for skills development training to the youths.
