craftsmen of kasmir and made into the best quality pashmina shawl which was revered world over. he has brought hasina and many other women back to work. they are training to use a new machine. in a region where half the women are unemployed, kadri wondered how to get women back to weaving. one of the ways to do it was upgrading their skill by getting them trained, which has been devised locally. and then, with this help, they produce almost doubles, which actually doubles their income. bringing hand weaving back to kashmir. it s a different scenario for kadri. he can produce more shawls. and local women can regain the financial freedom they have been missing. aamir peerzada, bbc
barbra streisand and ryan o neal in the lead roles, and later found critical success with his movie, paper moon. in the last years of his career, he turned to acting featuring in the tv series the sopranos, and appearing in roles in quentin tarantino s kill bill films. a special report for you now. kashmir s hand woven pashmina shawls are treasured around the world. the industry that produces them was once dominated by women but nowjust 5% of workers are female. a local entrepreneur is trying to reverse that decline, as the bbc s aamir peerzada reports from srinagar in indian administered kashmir. continuing the tradition her mother taught her. hasina has been spinning pashmina yarn for as long as she can remember. she was one of many women making beautiful shawls that were prized. but 15 years ago, she stopped.