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Panchachuli
Women Weavers is a development programme, which facilitates
economic and social independence for women in the Indian
Himalayas using the traditional arts of weaving and knitting.
The project has given the women an alternative way of earning
their living and has contributed significantly to the structural
development of the Kumaon region.
Today,
over 800 women from a total of 32 villages in the region
are involved in the processing of raw materials and the
production of high-quality woven and knitted products.
Panchachuli
Women Weavers is the largest independent women´s cooperative
in the state of Uttaranchal. The women are all shareholders
in the cooperative as well as receiving regular wages.
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