{"id":2918,"date":"2026-07-13T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:08:11","slug":"tailoring-training-empowering-women-through-skills-and-livelihood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=2918","title":{"rendered":"Tailoring Training: Empowering Women Through Skills and Livelihood."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the Village Alive Project, young and energetic women who were previously unemployed or earning only a negligible income through daily-wage agricultural labor in their villages expressed a strong interest in learning a sustainable vocation.<br>Responding to their enthusiasm, the project organized tailoring training, equipping participants with practical skills in cloth cutting and sewing. Through hands-on training, these women gained the confidence and technical expertise needed to start their own tailoring businesses within their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tailoring-Training-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tailoring-Training-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tailoring-Training-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tailoring-Training-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tailoring-Training-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tailoring-Training-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tailoring-Training-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Women participants attending tailoring training under the Village Alive Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Today, many of these women are successfully running tailoring services from their villages, generating a steady income and making meaningful contributions to their household expenses. Beyond improving their financial security, the training has enhanced their self-confidence, strengthened their independence, and created new opportunities for economic empowerment.<br>The Village Alive Project continues to support rural women by providing marketable skills that lead to sustainable livelihoods and stronger, more resilient communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-3.40.08-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-3.40.08-pm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2924\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-3.40.08-pm.png 461w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-3.40.08-pm-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is made possible through funding from the <strong>Irish Aid Civil Society Fund. <\/strong>We gratefully acknowledge Irish Aid&#8217;s support in empowering rural women with vocational skills, creating sustainable livelihood opportunities, and fostering resilient communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Village Alive Project, young and energetic women who were previously unemployed or earning only a negligible income through daily-wage agricultural labor in their villages expressed a strong interest in learning a sustainable vocation.Responding to their enthusiasm, the project organized tailoring training, equipping participants with practical skills in cloth cutting and sewing. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=2918\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tailoring Training: Empowering Women Through Skills and Livelihood.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2918"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2925,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions\/2925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}