Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said rural women will be provided employment opportunities in the textile industry after completing skills training under the SheThreads program.
In a statement, she said 1,150 women have already completed training and secured jobs under the program, while a target has been set to train 2,500 women by June.
Registration for the programme has already started. Participants will receive a monthly stipend of Rs. 15,000 during the three-month training in industrial sewing and apparel supervision.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be provided employment opportunities in the textile industry.
In a vital step towards making women self-reliant and empowered, women have also been given training to drive rickshaws on the orders of the chief minister.
After previously providing driving training for taxis and scooties, the traffic police have now expanded the initiative to include rickshaws.
The Punjab Traffic Police conducted the training session in collaboration with a private university, training as many as 34 women at driving schools in Bahria Town and Manawa.
City Traffic Officer (CTO) Syed Abdul Rahim Shirazi said the training program aimed to create respectable job opportunities for women.
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