Women living in rural communities are less likely than urban-dwelling women to receive sufficient mental health care, in large part due to limited access to services and societal stigma, according to medicine and public health researchers. ...
Tags: Rural Women, Depressive Mood, Anxiety Symptoms, health care
BATEXPO 2013, the country's largest garments export fair, kicked off on Thursday. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the annual three-day expo, hosted by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, at Sonargaon ...
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Villages of Kyrgyzstan will receive monetary aid of US$ 1.5 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost the handicraft industry of Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central Asia. At a meeting of the Committee for Budget and ...
Tags: Textile
Indian Government has sought Rs. 7.5 billion loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to revitalize and modernize the domestic Khadi industry, Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) KH Muniyappa has said. ...
Tags: Indian Government, ADB, Khadi industry
In the hinterland of the vast loess land of Qingyang County, Gansu Province, is a famous plateau, Dongzhiyuan. More than 2,500 square kilometers, Dongzhiyuan boasts the world's thickest layer of loess. On this land, the Qin Dynasty built ...
Tags: perfumed bag, a lotus bag
Cross-stitch embroidery is an embroidery art that creates fairly strong decorative effect. Popular in Huangmei County of Hubei Province and Longhui County of Hu'nan Province, the art has its unique regional features in these areas, with ...
Tags: embroidery, folk arts, handicraft
Pakistan’s Aik Hunar Aik Nagar (AHAN), a non-profit organization that supports small rural enterprises engaged in the production of handmade non-farm products, has imparted training in embroidery techniques to rural women. ...
Tags: AHAN, rural enterprises, handmade non-farm products, training