SCF starts 15 literacy centres for women cotton pickers

HYDERABAD:

Access to basic education is essential for advancing women's economic empowerment and labour justice in rural Sindh, speakers emphasised at the launch of a new women-focused literacy initiative.

They noted that literacy enables women cotton pickers and farm workers to better understand their rights, calculate wages, and participate more confidently in economic and social decision-making.

Sindh Community Foundation (SCF) has launched 15 literacy centres to provide basic literacy and numeracy skills to 450 women cotton and agricultural workers, with support from the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN).