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100			_aBahuguna, Abhilasha _96472
245			_aHighland to high fashion: the development of a women cooperative in Ladakh
260			_c2019
300			_ap.152-170.
520			_aPashmina or cashmere is one of the most expensive natural fabrics in the world, and yet the lives of those who produce this rare fibre are the toughest ones. This article seeks to analyse the various stages in the creation and development of the Looms of Ladakh Women Cooperative under Project Laktsal of the district administration Leh. It is an initiative to empower rural Ladakhi women by endowing them with skills necessary to add value to raw pashmina and woollen fibres to turn them into the high-end products perennially in demand. Sharing the lessons learnt in bringing together 150 uneducated, unemployed women from different and distant villages and in training and uniting them by the creation of a cooperative society is the endeavour of the article. It analyses various steps involved in building forward and backward linkages for the organisation and imparting the women with such diverse skills as knitting, weaving, production planning, marketing and financial management. The article also tries to put the effort in the right perspective, giving an idea of the extremely tough conditions faced on a daily basis by the women of rural Ladakh. - Reproduced.
650			_aWomen's empowerment _96473
650			_aSkills development _96474
650			_aWomen cooperative - India - Ladakh _96475
650			_aLaktsal _96476
700			_aRamaswamy, G.Prasanna _96477
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
906			_aWomen
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