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An Account of Brave Women Who Survived Hardship and Persevered
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012-12-10
主題Social Science / Women's Studies
ISBN14811882409781481188241
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=v0BvkwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Part of proceeds from the sale of this booklet would be spent on supporting women who have been affected by the conflict with the Taliban.This booklet provides the struggles of ten brave women who were affected by the conflict and managed to get back on their feet with a little help.The Northern Parts of Pakistan especially the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have been the battleground of the War on Terror since 2005. Especially to suffer have been the people of Swat who were caught in a cross-fire between the Pakistan Army and the Taliban with hundreds of civilian casualties. Thousands of civilians have also died and have been permanently incapacitated in bomb blasts all over the KP province. According to some estimates, the death toll from these bomb blasts exceeds 4,000 people. Although the majority of the people killed in these blasts are men, the effects are suffered by the female population that is dependent on the men.This has resulted in creation of a segment of female population that have to bear the burden. Facing an uncertain future having no education, skill and training, they rely on begging or perform menial labor in the houses of their well off relatives. Due to the uncertain and low income, they are not able to provide proper education to their children who grow up uneducated and are in turn forced to work at a relatively young age continuing the vicious cycle of poverty.In 2010, a group of volunteers got together and started a programme to support the victims of terror in Pakistan by providing them assistance in the form of cash, training, education support and small grants for women for setting up their own businesses. These grants were used by entrepreneurial women for purchasing cattle, sewing machines or for setting up small businesses to enhance their income.Today, more than one thousand women have benefited by this programme which is supported by donations from individual philanthropists. Out of the thousand, more than three hundred women have stopped receiving allocations as they have succeeded in getting back on their feet due to the enterprises established and supported by the programme.