RECLAIMING SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH TRADITIONAL EMBROIDERY- A CASE STUDY OF WOMEN EMBELLISHERS IN BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN Authors: DR BASHIR KAKAR1* , MUHAMMAD SIDDIQ2, NOUREEN KHALID3, DR. RANA SABA SULTAN4, DR.MUHAMMAD ALAM TAREEN5.
ABSTRACT
The study carried out tends to analyze district Quetta as case study towards understanding
dynamics concerning local women with a gradual change on social aspects based on the skills
they may employ at traditional embroidery to reorganize their traditional strength reducing
economic dependency for better social inclusion. Access to education, communication and interlinkages
through various social/ communication facilities has helped shape environment
thoroughly conducive for the likelihood to initiate their role in society with new social status or
image along with loud massage for the male counter parts to accept women with different
approach towards participation as was considered some decades earlier despite being surrounded
by tribal male dominated society that used to be rigid for any change for this very purpose.
As per the nature of the study quantitative research approached were adopted for the study.
Snowball sampling was used for collecting the primary data from the targeted populations. The
data were analyzed by using the statistical approaches.
The result of the study revealed that, apart from social constraints economic factors too
contributed including poor purchasing power effecting choice reflected on decisions as well for
factors of production and expensed assumed to be incurred while streamlining the process flow
until final earning for women. Furthermore, they are exploited in rural communities and
extremely vulnerable to the poverty incidence lacking input factors, social restriction on mobility
and access to market linkages including gender based discrimination.
Keywords: Traditional embroidery, economic dependency, social inclusion, purchasing
power, Input factors, process flow, market linkages