Cooperatives bring hope and financial security to home-based women workers in Pakistan

In the Punjab province of Pakistan, the country’s most populated region, the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) helps vulnerable women earn better wages and access decent work opportunities by joining cooperative centres.

Rukhsana, her husband, and their three young children were living in a rented one-room home and struggling to afford basic necessities. She looked for a solution to her family’s financial difficulties. Yet, without an education, she joined the more than 12.5 million women in Pakistan who are home-based workers, and started making embroidery pieces for clothing that were then sold through middlemen... Read more +<

ICMC project in Jordan helps Syrian refugee women and children fight isolation

The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is betting on community involvement to help isolated Syrian women and girls in Northern Jordan better access social services available and face the many challenges of refugee life.

The isolation of Syrian women and girls is recognized as one of their biggest challenges in Jordan, home to more than 550,000 Syrian refugees. In a foreign country without husbands or a social network for support, they must fend for themselves. This exposes them to repeated verbal and sexual, psychological and physical abuse. Ignorant of the services they could rely on, their children are wasting away at home, while many vulnerable mothers are struggling to survive – alone... Read more +<