Stitching Up Poverty #4 Violence Against Women

This series of five podcasts examines the impact of a remarkable project aimed at helping women and girls in rural villages in Sindh province in Pakistan. Life is tough to say the least for these women and girls. They face deep-rooted poverty, and have no or very limited access, to education and few opportunities to work. The men dominate – and the women face violence and have little say in their own lives. In this podcast series we look at an empowerment project which seeks to break this cycle. The project is at first glance simple enough - teach women embroidery skills so they can earn money. But it goes much further than this and seeks to create an environment where women and girls are in charge of their own destinies. In this episode we look at the project’s impact on violence against women. The podcast is told using stories collected from men and women in the 22 villages of Umerkot district.