This free initiative equips vulnerable women and girls with practical skills, confidence and the means to build more ...

On the third floor of a Spanish-style office building in Santa Barbara, Calif., Cara Austine-Rademaker is spotlighting a little-appreciated aspect of fashion history that had a big impact. Dressmaking ...

Since Kabul fell to the Taliban last summer after the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, more than 76,000 Afghans have resettled in the U.S. Like all refugees, they’ve faced the daunting task ...

Since the takeover of Kabul, Afghan women and girls in the country have been prohibited from continuing their careers and education. Because of this, combined with an economic crisis, many have had to ...

The Refugee Community Partnership, a mutual aid organization that supports immigrants, used to offer a sewing circle for Afghan women whose families had recently been resettled in the Triangle region ...

Women in the Kyrgyz Republic are less likely than men to be employed—women’s labor force participation came to 45.4% in 2022 compared to 74.7% for men. Boosting female employment by just 10%, the ...

As we’ve seen during this pandemic, women have been burdened with lost jobs, less pay and reduced childcare. We have served as teachers, housekeepers, cooks and more. Some would say the pandemic has ...

Have you ever wanted to learn to sew or make a simple bag? Do you have sewing skills and need a place to use them? If so, Women for Change can help. Women for Change have opened a Sewing Room in the ...

For many sewers, choosing paper patterns from one of Simplicity McCall’s ‘big four’ brands was an in-store ritual. But others say digital patterns are the way of the future Decades ago, in the ...