Director DWRD, Vilone Sakhrie with skilled unemployed women and other officers during the signing of MoU at the Directorate of Women Resource Development, Kohima on September 3. (DIPR Photo)
Kohima, September 4 (MExN): The Directorate of Women Resource Development (DWRD), government of Nagaland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 9 skilled unemployed women for taking up collaborative programmes and production activities under ‘Apparels & Accessories Programme of Transformative Livelihood Intervention Project’ of the department for a period of 2 years on a ‘Pay –Per- Production’ basis.
During the signing of the MoU at the Directorate on September 3, the Director of Women Resource Development, Vilone Sakhrie mentioned that, as part of Livelihood Intervention and Support programme of the department, skilled unemployed women are being engaged for production works (tailoring, weaving and related activities) initially for a period of 6 months purely on ‘Pay-Per Production’ basis.
He stated that, engagement on ‘Pay-Per-Production’ basis under this programme started during 2019-20, where trainees from Multi Training Centres (MTCs) of the department as well as other skilled unemployed women tailors and weavers were given the opportunity to enable sustainable livelihood as well as for enhancement of Myki apparels and accessories production output. Since then, every year, various skilled unemployed women are being engaged in these activities. Provision was made for engagement of these skilled unemployed women for extending the period of their services through an MoU if their performance was found to be satisfactory and commendable after completing the initial period of six months, he added.
These women have been actively engaged in production of three-layered face masks with the advent of COVID-19 pandemic in the State and subsequent lockdowns where production continued from their respective homes. This enabled the department to produce a sizable quantity of face-masks, aprons and other products, most of which were donated to frontline workers, health workers and other local bodies engaged in combating the pandemic, the Director added.
The ‘Apparels & Accessories Programme’ continues to churn out a variety of products which are donated wherever necessary or otherwise sold at very reasonable prices, so that even the poorer section of the society can avail quality products. Moreover, it has also become a regular source of income for women engaged in these activities, he stated.
