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After fleeing violence in Afghanistan, carpet weaving provides refugee women with a meagre but vital lifeline in Pakistan In this photo taken on 16 October 2020, Jumma Gul, right, holds a sickle-like tool while weaving a carpet with her sister-in-law at her home in the Khurasaan refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Mahwish Qayyum) 30 June 2021 Share this page In this photo taken on 16 October 2020, Jumma Gul, right, holds a sickle-like tool while weaving a carpet with her sister-in-law at her home in the Khurasaan refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Mahwish Qayyum) The simplicity of Jumma Gul’s surroundings belies the enormity of the journey she has taken to get to where she is today. Sitting crouched at a weaving loom in the ramshackle house made of mud bricks that she shares with her husband and six children in the Khurasan refugee camp in Peshawar, close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, she recalls her old life. “Living in Afghanistan was lik ....
You Tue, 05, 21 As Pakistan is still grappling with the third wave of the pandemic and strict lockdowns in place, working women find themselves not only physically more drained, but also emotionally more exhausted. You! takes a look… When Covid-19 made its first appearance in Pakistan, and offices started shutting down, Reshma Aftab initially felt like she was getting a break from the rut of having to spend the entire day away from home due to her rewarding but time-consuming full-time job. “I was initially happy that I will finally get a chance to spend more time with my son. But as we started to get into the home-based work routine, I realised how difficult it was. I had to work both ‘for home’ and ‘from home’. My double job had started,” says Aftab. Her family’s expectations suddenly increased. “They wanted me to become a trained chef. Food Fusion recipes and pictures of enticing cuisines on family chat groups added fuel to the fire. Cooking was ....
Home-based workers are not covered well by the existing social assistance schemes targeted at the poorest Home-based workers are a significant part of our economy. They are engaged in many sectors and are integrated into both domestic and global supply chains. The Covid-19 pandemic has adversely affected the lives and livelihoods of informal workers across South Asia. Organisations of HBWs in the region have been constantly monitoring the situation for their members through their grassroots leaders since March 2020. Thirteen organisations from 12 locations, including HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) in seven countries in the region, participated in the study to evaluate what women HBWs are experiencing during the Covid-19 crisis and released the study titled, ....