HPPI’s Community Development Project Taloja celebrated the graduation of its skill trainees on 21st November 2023. The Project aims to empower the local women with vocational skills. During the graduation ceremony the women were awarded certificates; a total of 73 trainees graduated from the project—23 as beauticians and 22 as tailors with basic tailoring and 28 as tailors with advance tailoring.

Women’s economic participation and empowerment are fundamental to strengthening women’s rights and enabling them to have control over their lives and exert influence in society. The economic empowerment of women is a prerequisite for sustainable development. Gender equality and empowered women are catalysts for multiplying development efforts.