Our Embroidery Project teaches participants embroidery in order to foster sustainable skill development so that women who have taken part in the course can work for themselves and teach others, too.
The Embroidery Project was established in 2023, as part of Omega’s Women’s Centre. Participants come once a week to learn basic embroidery skills and stitches, and have worked on various kinds of needlework, including cross stitch, beading, and embroidery. Every week, students complete a small project as they learn a new skill, and take their project home. Participants can continue in the classes indefinitely, with the hope of becoming experts who can then teach these skills to other women, as well as use these skills to start businesses.
As with other interventions through the Women’s Centre, we believe that in addition to the skills they are learning, women in our Embroidery Project are increasing in self-confidence and self-sufficiency, and benefit from being together, sharing their lives and stories, and learning from one another.
Hear from our participants
A model for her children: Nargis and embroidery
Embroidery and mental health may not seem connected at first glance, but for Nargis and many other women in Omega’s Embroidery Course, it has made all the difference. “If I am at home all the time, I get so depressed – I am used to working! I know that if women have a skill, and…
Counting down the days
Sano had always been interested in sewing and embroidery and was excited to learn a new skill. She had looked at embroidery courses before, but they all charged a fee, which she knew she couldn’t afford each month. When her friend brought her to Nuur Women’s Center – part of Omega’s projects in Vahdat –…