Handmade items bring women’s skill to fore

Jeddah: Arab News A free two-day technical and vocational training workshop for Saudi women organized by the High Technical and Vocational Training Institute for Women in Jeddah started at Jeddah Hilton.

“We put a stall over in the exhibition of the Forum of Productive Families 2012 to display the handmade products of our students and let the public know that Saudi women can do excellent jobs after getting training, even while staying at home,” said Ibtisam Fatehadeen, trainer at the institute. “The workshops are given in the evening at the Hilton, where we are teaching two majors. One is hair styling and beauty and other is home decoration,” she added. The institute organized the technical and vocational training workshops on the sidelines of the Productive Families Forum that started on Saturday under the auspices of Prince Khalid Al-faisal, governor of Makkah, and Prince Mishal bin Majed, governor of Jeddah.

Fatehadeen added that participation in the forum is quite beneficial not only for the institute but for the public as well because they will learn that under the government’s supervision there is a technical institute for learning where they can learn fashion design, home decorations, hair styling and others. The public will also learn more about Saudi women’s work and talent.

Nada Bint Naghi, dean of the institute, said participants would get certificates from the institute.

“The aim of these workshops is to teach Saudi women the basic skills in home decoration and beauty care,” she said. — Please read full

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